IE8 is not technically the faster software, but faster in performing the tasks of daily living. It is the objective of the new options such as Web Slices, Accelerators, or visual. IE8 also stands by its wealth of keyboard shortcuts that are on a daily basis, earning substantial time. Explanations.
The shortcuts to make IE8 a real gain in terms of ergonomics. They can quickly produce a recurring task without having each time to move the mouse to click a menu or icon.
New accelerator shortcuts
[Ctrl] + [E] = Places the cursor on the search bar
[Ctrl] + [Y] = Places the cursor on the address bar and deploys suggestions
[Alt] + [D] = Places the cursor on the address bar (without deploying suggestions)
[Ctrl] + [F] = Opens the new search bar in the page
[Ctrl] + [Shift] + [P] = Toggles InPrivate mode
[Ctrl] + [D] = Creates a new favorite
[F12] = Call "Developer" features
Other navigation shortcuts
[Backspace] = Previous Page
[F11] = Toggles full screen mode
[F7] = Keyboard Navigation
[Ctrl] + [N] = Opens a new window
[Ctrl] + [@] = Clears the Zoom to zero ([Ctrl] + [+] to zoom-in/[Ctrl] + [-] to zoom-out)
Handling components
[Ctrl] + [I] = Displays the Favorites pane
[Ctrl] + [H] = Displays the historical aspect
[Ctrl] + [J] = Displays the component feeds
[Ctrl] + [B] = Display the box to organize bookmarks
[Ctrl] + [Shift] + [Del] = Display the box cleaning traces and historical
Bookmarks