Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) Web Slice, Accelerator, Search Provider resources
I constantly receive questions about IE8 resources and thought that it is useful to aggregate them in a blog post:
IE8 Team Blog: https://blogs.msdn.com/ie/
Personalize IE8 through web services: https://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2009/02/03/personalize-ie8-through-services.aspx
Visual Search Providers
i. Extend IE8 through Visual Search Providers https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc891507(VS.85).aspx
ii. Search Suggestions Format: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc891508(VS.85).aspx
Accelerators
i. IE 8 Search Accelerator Developer Guide: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc289775(VS.85).aspx
ii. Open Service format specification for IE8 Accelerators: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc304163(VS.85).aspx
Web Slices
i. Web Slice format specification: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc304073(VS.85).aspx
ii. All about Web Slices: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc956158(VS.85).aspx
iii. IE8 Web Slice guide: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc848871(VS.85).aspx
iv. Authenticated web slices: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd565670(VS.85).aspx
v. How do I build a web slice (video): https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/cc304683.aspx
vi. Step by step guide to create a web slice: https://blogs.msdn.com/giorgio/archive/2009/05/01/h1n1-flu-swine-flu-web-slice-step-by-step.aspx
IE8 Case studies
i. Popular IE8 services: https://www.ieaddons.com/en/popular/
ii. eBay IE8 services: https://ie8.ebay.com
iii. Amazon IE8 services: https://www.ieaddons.com/en/search/?search=amazon
iv. Wal-Mart IE8 services: https://www.ieaddons.com/en/search/?search=walmart
Hope this helps.