Thursday, September 16th 2010
Microsoft Rolled Out First Public Beta of Internet Explorer 9
Microsoft released the first public beta of its sceptically-anticipated web-browser, the Windows Internet Explorer 9 (or IE9). Sceptical, because the previous two versions did not really shine compared to other web-browsers in performance, and anticipated, because it promised revolutionary changes in the rendering engine and the way it works. IE9 is one of the first browsers that uses GPU (graphics processors) for rendering almost every page element, including text and layout. It features a new Javascript engine codenamed "Chakra" that has higher JS performance, and supports HTML5 web standards. The UI itself looks very lean and modelled along the lines of Google Chrome, with just the bare-essential controls, and menus. The address bar doubles up as a search bar. There are loads of functionality improvements, including detachable tabs, Windows Aero Snap tabs, and the ability to pin favourite websites to the Windows 7 taskbar. A performance manager monitors plugins and advices you to disable those which are slowing down the browser.
DOWNLOAD: Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer 9 beta
Please note, the software works only on Windows Vista and Windows 7.
Please note, the software works only on Windows Vista and Windows 7.
52 Comments on Microsoft Rolled Out First Public Beta of Internet Explorer 9
My browser caches run off a ram disk so speed wise it is close to Chrome and faster than FF.
I will continue using chrome for now but I'm very impressed with IE9 and can't wait to see the final version.
seriously i'd like old IE interface better..
I have a lot of favorites but i just pin them to the side so its just one click to get to the site. I usually only have 6 open at any one time, actually thats my biggest gripe with Chrome you cant pin the favorites to the side of the browser.
Anyway its good to have different browsers to suit everyones needs.
As well as that, Yahoo Mail doesn't render right, after I downloaded Opera it said it was a virus.
Nice work IE at failing. I'm going back to Firefox 4 Beta.
BTW, if you want to uninstall this, it's in the Installed Updates section, for some reason.
You may need to do some checking. I am on Opera and IE9 right now, no Problems.
Opera and IE9, both, download fine, run fine; as does Yahoo Mail, Hotmail, Verizon mail, etc.
Now, my AV software is having a go of it(an IE plug-in has not been updated for IE9), but that is the A\V software's problem, not MS's.
So, you may wanna check your Anti-virus\Firewall settings or, even do a good scan for virus\trojans.:)
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IE9 is quick, but different, so it will take some getting use to.
I'll withhold judgment until it is released as a stable(non-beta) release.
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I tried to install it on laptop in system specs (Vista x64) and I keep getting this message:
way back when Firefox was the 'in' thing, they copied layout as well (albeit poorly done). Now that chrome is the hip stuff, they copy it as well :D.
Here's some screenshots for proof. These aren't Photoshopped. Just Print Screened and saved in Paint. That's all.
Oh and also this is exactly why I hate Omnibars. They Google the URL. I just wanted to go to Facebook, not Google it. That's a whole extra click and a whole extra page I had to load before I could get there.
Oh and as for 'Big word being beta'. Yes I know what a Beta is. If you read my post, I said I'm going to continue using Firefox 4 Beta. That thing is solid as a rock and has heaps of innovative stuff. IE9 comes out written by people who get tons of money and you'd expect quality. Not this garbage they give us.
Nowhere in the post I made did I say I did not believe you. I stated you may need to do some checking.
Evidently you do. That is the way IE defaults. Checking certificates... either, the date on your system may be off(incorrect), the certificates are indeed faulty, the certs. need to be updated, you may click to continue to the sites, or you may need to set the security levels and settings for IE.
Edit: As for the search suggestions, click the omnibar's(search\address bar) down arrow and click on disable suggestions.
Change and manage search providers
useless to have one website ping another for the date and time, they'd simply ping it to somewhere set to the wrong time, and wham, unlimited 'good' security certificates.
get with the times man, 2008 is so outdated.
They only need to ping once to find the time upon opening the browser. What's that, about a 100byte packet and a 20byte ACK packet? Wow. That's really going to slow my connection down isn't it. A one off group of packets with less than 250bytes of data to just find the real time to ensure security. If I was developing the software, I wouldn't think twice adding a feature like that.
Get with the times man, 2008 is the default time on that motherboard.
DAM* you Microsoft... it is all your fault!:laugh: