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I tried to make the switch but missed the few Firefox addons I used. I now have IE9 available to me in a Firefox tab (IE Tab Plus) in case I need it.
 
It may as well be called Chrome Explorer for the amount of stuff they've used from Chrome. The new tab page is almost an exact copy, the tab positions as well.

I like the fact they are using graphics acceleration to render web pages though, that should make it much faster but to be honest, Chrome is exceptionally fast already.
 
Hi Everyone -

It's great to read your impressions about IE9 beta. IE9 beta has a lot of great new features and I'm glad you are trying them out. The focus of IE9 is really to take the focus off the browser and redirect it to the websites that you visits / applications that you use. And, with HTML5 and full hardware acceleration, those sites are pretty cool! To see some sites that are taking advantage of what IE9 has to offer, visit http://www.beautyoftheweb.com/#/experience

Also, keep in mind that IE9 is in beta so there will still be changes made before the final release. If any of you want to leave feedback / make suggestions about IE9 beta, you can do so at http://connect.microsoft.com/ie

Cheers,
Cassandra
IE Outreach Team
 
I've tried downloading it on my own PC and the one at the office a few times. It just won't fully download (Vista x64).

Pretty annoying, as I love IE8. Tried the rest, stuck with the best (IMO). Bash on! :lol:
 
Bloody hell lads MS is watching us... lol

I haven't really looked at ie9 in any real detail yet other than we thought it looked very firefox.

But on a professional level I won't look at it until closer to launch as we've only just rolled out 8 due to 3rd party software compatibility..
 
Anyone else having problems with flickr? When i click on a picture, when it usually brings the image up with the dark border, nothing appears for me in IE. The border shows but none of the images load.
 
As Neil has said, it's in beta so there are bound to be bugs. I think it's the first beta as well, as its... really buggy.
 
plus virtually no websites will be coded to any changes in IE9's processing of page..

one of the guys that did install it here promptly removed it because even with compatibility turned on half of our commonly used sites didnt work.
 
i cant see the hardware acceleration being too much of an issue, i mean its turned on by default generally for ATI cards these days and there havent been too many issues with malware targetting graphics.

most malware writers are more concerned with getting your cash and/or personal details these days.

ive had IE9 installed for 24 hours now and to be honest i like it, nice and clean, the dragable tabs are neat (yes i know this is nothing new), its fast.. what else do you need your browser to do?

like i mentioned in my other thread some webpages are going to need recoding, the lightbox script like i say needs some extra JS references, otherwise its not thrown up any other issues here.
 
trencheel303 said:
While Chrome became popular for its ability to create "Application Shortcuts" to webapps that you can pin to the taskbar
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Crikey no. It became popular as it is secure, runs very quickly and is minimal. I love chrome now (ditched firefox in favour) and it also has HTML5 video acceleration built in. I also like in the latest versions that settings pages open in tabs rather than menus...
 
I switch between Chrome an IE

Firefox sucks IMO, too busy and just never got on with it.

IE because I use sharepoint and OWA and web based remote desktop which all require ActiveX

Chrome because it was faster than ie8 on some sites, but the main reason was bookmark syncing. I use Chrome on 2 different computers and it syncs the bookmarks between them. There is also an app on android to get your chrome bookmarks on your phone. Downside to Chrome is it doesn't make use of the Windows 7 features (you only see 1 tab per window when you click on the icon in the task bar, not all the tabs like you do in IE)

If IE did this built in (not via live or a plug in from 3rd party) I would probably use IE all the time.
 
i never liked chrome from day one, just didnt feel right. it grated on me.. lol

at the moment i keep FF for personal browsing on my work laptop to keep it separate from work bookmarks etc but i can see IE9 ending that..
 
Dale_d3100 said:
IE because I use sharepoint and OWA and web based remote desktop which all require ActiveX
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You know there is a plugin to render web pages in IE in a Chrome tab don't you? Lopok for IE Tab. Works a treat for those sites that aren't written well....

Dale_d3100 said:
Chrome because it was faster than ie8 on some sites, but the main reason was bookmark syncing. I use Chrome on 2 different computers and it syncs the bookmarks between them. There is also an app on android to get your chrome bookmarks on your phone.
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Yup - Chrome to Phone. Marvellous!!

Dale_d3100 said:
Downside to Chrome is it doesn't make use of the Windows 7 features (you only see 1 tab per window when you click on the icon in the task bar, not all the tabs like you do in IE)
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When you regularly have 50+ tabs open, believe me this is a plus point!!!!
 
arad85 said:
You know there is a plugin to render web pages in IE in a Chrome tab don't you? Lopok for IE Tab. Works a treat for those sites that aren't written well....

Yup - Chrome to Phone. Marvellous!!

When you regularly have 50+ tabs open, believe me this is a plus point!!!!
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Nah not Chrome to Phone (which is cool). Have a look at ChromeMarksLite. it downloads all your google bookmarks to the app. Open the app, click on the favourite and the browser opens

Its not a plus point, you have to remember which window that tab is in. I normally have 3 or 4 windows open with different tabs in each.

Another plus for chrome which is now in IE9 is the ability to pull a tab out of the window and start a new window.

Now IE has stepped its game up, I may be switching back to IE as my main browser.
 
Dale_d3100 said:
Now IE has stepped its game up, I may be switching back to IE as my main browser.
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Chrome will have another major release in 2-4 weeks that'll make it all null and void anyway...
 
For all my sins I have tried to download it, but Microsoft keeps redirecting me to IE8.

Alas, it was never meant to be.
 
OK, I think it's because I am on an XP machine. Still, I'm taking it as a sign :P
 
Just installed it on my Windows 7 machine, actually seems ok.

Fast enough and they layout is visually pleasing. Not sure what else to there is to a browser really!
 
I had IE9 on a Windows 7 machine and it wouldn't open links on this forum (and some others) without clicking them twice. So I went back to IE8.
 
neil_g said:
was that beta or RC?
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Both (on a W7 64 machine). I originally had the beta, then loaded the RC on top of it - they both had the two-click bug.

Otherwise I quite like IE9 - apart from the change to the forward/back buttons (IE8 has a dropdown that stays open, whereas withe IE9 you have to hold the arrow to access the list).
 
Ozei said:
Otherwise I quite like IE9 - apart from the change to the forward/back buttons (IE8 has a dropdown that stays open, whereas withe IE9 you have to hold the arrow to access the list).
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Hold the mouse button down on the back button until the list comes up and then let go of the mouse button
 
trencheel303 said:
FF has been bloated as far back as I can remember, even way back to v2, which was when the memory leaks started to become a real problem, I believe. I remember because it was around about then I looked into Opera and realised a few months later that after being open for days it too leaked tons of memory, so when IE 8 came out I went back to it and never looked back!
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FF4 is getting very good now. I've been on beta for the last few months, as v3 has big issues :lol:. Safari is very good and fast, but I am not so keen on chrome due to no java support on mac. I have no idea about IE9 as it won't run on mac or work XP.
 
Memory leaks and bloat is why I'm on Chrome....
 
daugirdas said:
Safari is very good and fast,
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I quite liked Safari and was going to use that before I found Chrome except it constantly crashed on Win 7 (would happen twice a day).
 
Ozei said:
I had IE9 on a Windows 7 machine and it wouldn't open links on this forum (and some others) without clicking them twice. So I went back to IE8.
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neil_g said:
working fine here :)

was that beta or RC?
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Ozei said:
Both (on a W7 64 machine). I originally had the beta, then loaded the RC on top of it - they both had the two-click bug.
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I just installed IE9 again (the lastest RTM version) and the two-click thing appears to be largely resolved.

It still gets hung up on a few links though - e.g. the first time I tried to get from page 2 of this thread to page 1, it took 7 seconds (with a spinning wheel icon on the tab).
 
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Just the forum go slow again!
 
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