We had a short briefing with Microsoft Philippines this afternoon discussing some of the new features of Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) which just reached beta release today.
Some of the features that were introduced were already available in other browsers (especially Chrome) while others were really focused on engine performance and developers.
The new IE9 feels faster, looks cleaner and more integrated (design-wise) to Windows 7. So far, I’m a somewhat impressed with the additional bells and whistles. It’s like Chrome + ActiveX = IE9. The address bar also serves as search box.
It’s got a smaller footprint too and event he installation file is just 18MB (though Firefox is only around 8MB and Flock is 13MB). I was pretty interested with the HTML5/CSS3 support and the web app approach which is something I’m planning to include in the upcoming re-design of this blog.
And just like what Chrome does, each tab of IE9 runs as a separate process so even if a windows freezes up or crashes, you can close it and the other windows will remain open and running just fine.
I think one has to try it out first to really see the improvements. IE9 requires you have Windows 7 or Vista before you can install it (they say it’s due to the GPU-acceleration support).
Disclosure: Microsoft is an advertiser on this blog. You’ll see some of their banner ads for IE9 on this page. Just click on them to download a copy of IE9 (or go to beautyoftheweb.com).
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I enjoy the developer tools for IE9. But still, Google Chrome is faster for surfing.
I personally like IE9. Although most of the website I visit broke, and it doesn’t have a spell-checker. It has a great set of features that I’m quite pleased to use.
However, since this version is still in beta, it’s hard for content creators use it as their default browser. I like where IE9 is heading, and I’m not the majority who thinks Microsoft simply copying other browsers. If they release this before the other competitors, it may gain back those few lost shares in the market.
If my guess is correct. They will release it when Service Pack 1 of Windows 7 is released, or perhaps bundle it altogether.
So far, I have decided to change to IE9 when the RC version is released.
am using it and i’m liking it I think its better than Chrome cause of the bugs.
i will give a B+ on it.. IE is just way behind in firefox and chrome… i have tried it looks good though but it doesn’t have unique style to compete with firefox and chrome… for me it’s firefox + chrome= ie9 hehehe
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I think IE is a little bit too late.. Chrome beat them to it.. and their latest version of IE is not XP-friendly.. eh mejo marami pa rin ang gumagamit ng XP (me not included, I’m using Windows 7 :D), especially sa mga corporations.