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IE8 Launch: 12 Indian Sites Offer Web Slices Or Accelerators

I upgraded from Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) to Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) today to test out a new feature the browser has - Web Slices. Microsoft has, according to the company, brought on board 12 Indian sites to offer either live snippets of their content, or add applications or "accelerators", much like Opera and Firefox have been doing. The 12 Indian sites offering content or they've tied up with: Bharatmatrimony, EconomicTimes, Games2Win, In.com, Indiatimes, MSNIndia, Naukri.com, Rediff, Sify, TimesOfIndia, Webdunia and Zapak. We tried out some of the slices and applications that have been launched: Web Slices & Accelerators Web slices are like active bookmarks - you click on the web slice, and it opens up a menu with recent updates or headlines -- fairly similar to an RSS feed update. Some samples:      When you visit a website using IE8, a web slice add-on button can be shown for a particular content section on a mouseover; for example, in case of Rediff. Rediff also has a search based accelerator, as does Naukri. Naukri's accelerator apparently isn't live yet -still in labs. Ditto for Bharatmatrimony-their accelerator is available here. BM does have the most unique implementation is the one from Bharatmatrimony: they've integrated a search box into their Web Slice. In case of Webdunia, it appears they're providing a friend update feature using an Accelerator, for their social networking site Dosti. This is the first time we've come across Dosti. Our Take IE dominates the browser market, but the high…

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