Internet Explorer 8, just released as public beta, offers the opportunity for the company to make good on its promise to work better with online standards and make the Web the centre of your computing experience.

Nonetheless, coming up with ways to improve browsers (a mature and competitive software category where no-one actually gets to make any money in the traditional "sell software" way) is an ever-more difficult task. What new features does the latest version of Internet Explorer deliver, and what problems need to be ironed out?