Looks like finally the IE version 8 is getting some cool dool features which the users had been looking for. The latest release which is beta 2 is ready for public download. In their latest update in IE blog they talked about it. And here the superb features

Smart Tabs:

Now the tabs have gone smarter. It keeps the related tabs with same color. Lets say you had opened 2 windows from the first tab. Then the source tab and other 2 windows get same colour.This makes tabs more useful and this feature is not in FF.

Better navigation Experience.

Similar to FF 3 search withing navigation bar, see as you type in is availble in IE 8 too. But there is huge difference. Its categorized unlike Firefox 3. So you know where you URL is. Moreover you get direct option to open either in new window or delete it with cross mark.

Visual Search Integration

This is something normal but remarkable. you can also see images as you type in terms for search. Plus it searches in the bookmarks, history and all. If you look at the bottom of search you would see several option like searching in amazon and all.

You have more which you can read here to see some more details. Over all these are some great improvements which IE required from a long time. We wish them all the best and see the new features coming on. You can download IE8 beta 2 from here