Making Sites Shine - Behind the Browser - IE9

[ytubeact123]

IE9 is undoubtedly a huge leap from its predecessors, at least in terms of speed. But, I honestly believe, this came out merely as a 'critical attempt for survival' against other competing browsers (i.e. the incredibly faster Chrome). Because, previous IEs were so horribly slow, they almost died out. However, to me, IE9 still does not catch up to Google Chrome. Though speedy, IE9 feels a little heavy and resource-needy, whereas Chrome is fast, light and instant (on my average pc).

[ReverendNillerz]

When will the new IE be available for Linux?

[talldude123]

It's not fair to benchmark the latest version of IE (9) to an older version of Google Chrome (6).

[Andrew19ao]

@talldude123 But when people compare other browsers with IE, they usually go back to IE7.

[ReverendNillerz]

@Andrew19ao no they don't, nobody actually uses IE.

[Andrew19ao]

@ReverendNillerz IE is just as fast as any other browser, just as standard compliant, just as easy to use, just as nice looking. Yes, the only reason people don't use it is because they think IE means IE 6,7, or 8 which are all obsolete.

The tabs can be moved onto a speparate line, the address bar is the same size as it has always been.

[ReverendNillerz]

@Andrew19ao would I get a pop-up every time it wants to remember a password?

[Andrew19ao]

@ReverendNillerz A popup? No..just a message at the bottom that you can easily disable.

[ReverendNillerz]

@Andrew19ao Oh, that's a new feature, then? What else does IE do that nobody else does?

[Skiroid69]

@ReverendNillerz I use Internet Explorer 9 right now. The reason been because of one feature Google Chrome has. You can see your saved/stored passwords in the settings!

Internet Explorer 10 should hopefully be up there with Google Chrome.

[ripcurlcns]

experienced ? what a load of shit lol

It seriously looks like its been built half arsed , the back button disappears behind the browser and the address bar is so tiny even a guy with 20/20 vision would need to magnify it , not to mention 3 tabs or more and you cant even read what those tabs are .. coupled with no support for your win 7 64 bit browsers in viewing adobe based websites .. IE9 Is pretty much an EPIC FAIL ! Literally , it fails .. all the time . Even Norton wont trust it lol

[rivengle]

@ripcurlcns yep, you haven't used it.

[Andrew19ao]

@ripcurlcns It is NOT and should NOT be Microsoft's job to make flash 64 bit.

The back button is always in the the top right corner. It is behind nothing.

The address bar is the same size as always. If you need a magnifying glass then you need glasses badly. The text is the same size as everything else in Windows. It can be enlarged obviously.

The tabs are just as wide as any other browser and can be put on a separate line.

[yuvasweb]

We need extensions which Chrome & Firefox have. Makes it perfect to switch over permanently!

[internetexplorer]

@TheBomb0Cat Currently it's not possible to change tab location, but you can resize the URL window to make more room for your tabs. Hope this helps!

[ReverendNillerz]

@internetexplorer Firefox, Chrome, Opera, and Safari all have this functionality. It's p. ubiquitous.

[dlix]

uh webvizbench (Microsoft funded site to promote IE9) says Chrome is 1 pixel smaller lol

[romerobv]

My point is this. Customers need service.

My perception is that it lacks a concept .... "IE 9 Aero".

Visionary - probably a better term will come to me. Maybe futurist?

[majedeast]

I think that's perty browser and develop to much of control and fast

I like it and I wait it when it's relese

[ThereAreApplesNow]

@smartravidixit

That's your opinion. I prefer apple and google personally.

[ThereAreApplesNow]

chrome will always beat ie9 no matter what. Microsoft just steals other browsers' great ideas.

[CubeFish1524]

@ThereAreApplesNow

lol what did they copy?

[tayOthman]

9 Cheerz to IE9....

I'm crazy Loving it!

[Nazmus1992]

I can't leave chrome. Why? because all of my bookmarks are saved in it. It syncs them accross all chrome browsers. Until I can get all my bookmarks transferred to IE9 in a easy manner, I don't know if it will be worthwhile to switch. BTW, I depend on those bookmarks for everyday tasks

[CivSon]

@colinh25 cuz it's still BETA :)

[sunsirel]

sorry no, tabs next to URL field is a fail. I have 20 tabs opened at a time IE9 will only make it worse so really there's no reason for me to switch to make my usability worse. Unfortunate really as the browser is an improvement

[Jamaica4Lyphe]

@colinh25 true dats y its a BETA

[RolandoPeraltaMkter]

it is fanstastic!! I simply love it! great homerun Microsoft and IE Team!

[commodore256]

lol, I'm getting the same warm and tingly feeling from this video as I did with the 27-inch iMac video.