Internet Explorer 9 Beta

[ShyGuyInChicago]

I downloaded it. It seems faster than the previous version so far, but it is still slower than other browser though not as much as before.

[Suicune]

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Microsoft can "Improve" this crap as much as they want but IE will never be impressive. I'm still happy with Chrome. But maybe I will try this version, but I probably don't want to waste disk space on it.

[Amnesiac]

I downloaded it. It seems faster than the previous version so far, but it is still slower than other browser though not as much as before.

Internet Explorer is Microsoft's hardest fail. Nothing they have done sucks harder, except maybe for Windows Me.

It's about time Microsoft dropped out of the browser business and saved web developers the pain of having to dumb down their applications for IE.

I've heard good things about IE9, but I doubt it'll prove itself worthy of replacing Chrome.

[ShyGuyInChicago]

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2369160,00.asp

http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/15/internet-explorer-9-beta-review/

[Sugaree]

Internet Explorer is Microsoft's hardest fail. Nothing they have done sucks harder, except maybe for Windows Me.

>implying Windows Vista is good

Downloading it now just to see how good it really is. Expectations aren't that high.

[Jess]

Let me try it. But I probably won't use it, I'm sticking with Chrome

[Amnesiac]

>implying Windows Vista is good

Vista was terrible as well.

[Suicune]

Well seeing as one of the articles says I need Vista or 7 to run IE9 (This one runs XP) I can't try it.
And I love how the second article shows a picture of a Google Chrome ad within the screenshot.

Microsoft's next browser can stand tall among the competion. It joins the JavaScript speed and HTML5 standards party, trims down the UI, and lets sites take center stage and behave like Windows 7 apps. But you'll need Vista or Windows 7 to run IE9.

It's competition being it's own family. I bet IE Mac is better.

[JackOfClubs]

I'm gonna stick with Chrome. Few to no crashes, there aren't any toolbars that fill up the entire screen, and its not made by the company responsible for Windows ME and Vista.

[Amnesiac]

I see it still doesn't fully pass Acid3. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Explorer_9#Release_history)

Chrome's been pwning that test since January.

[Suicune]

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All I hear described in this video from the IE9 "Developers" is that there are new cosmetic changes. ._.

[Commander Thor]

Internet Explorer is Microsoft's hardest fail. Nothing they have done sucks harder, except maybe for Windows Me.
Kin.
That is all.

It's about time Microsoft dropped out of the browser business and saved web developers the pain of having to dumb down their applications for IE.
IE9 is aiming to be fully standards compliant, so developers won't have to 'dumb down' their websites, as IE9 will be able to display anything that Firefox, Chrome, Opera, or Safari can.

[Amnesiac]

Kin.
That is all.

I stand corrected.

IE9 is aiming to be fully standards compliant, so developers won't have to 'dumb down' their websites, as IE9 will be able to display anything that Firefox, Chrome, Opera, or Safari can.

Well that's good, but unfortunately many schools and corporations still use older versions of IE, which means that developers will have to continue dumbing down some of their apps. That's not really Microsoft's problem though.

[Commander Thor]

I stand corrected.
Damn right you do! :p

Well that's good, but unfortunately many schools and corporations still use older versions of IE, which means that developers will have to continue dumbing down some of their apps. That's not really Microsoft's problem though.
Any school network admin with half a brain should have automatic updates enabled, meaning when IE9 launches, it should be automatically updated on all school computers.
That said, most school network admins only have 1/6th of a brain. :p

[Amnesiac]

Damn right you do! :p

:D

Any school network admin with half a brain should have automatic updates enabled, meaning when IE9 launches, it should be automatically updated on all school computers.
That said, most school network admins only have 1/6th of a brain. :p

School network admins are the lowest of the low. Most of them fail at doing their jobs. It took my school months to upgrade to IE8 and offer Firefox as an alternative.

My school district also has a wasteful obsession with MacBooks. It disappoints me that they're dumping tax money on those non-upgradeable, overpriced laptops.

[Jess]

I agree. my school still use Microsoft office 2003. why can't they change it to 2007 or 2010

they should also install Firefox and Google Chrome

[darkwoon]

I agree. my school still use Microsoft office 2003. why can't they change it to 2007 or 2010
Because it is not free, probably. And also maybe because of the big interface change that occurred between Office 2003 and 2007, that caused a lot of trouble for many users.

they should also install Firefox and Google Chrome
The more applications you install, the harder maintenance gets. But granted, they could have disabled access to IE and installed another, better browser instead.

Any school network admin with half a brain should have automatic updates enabled, meaning when IE9 launches, it should be automatically updated on all school computers.
That said, most school network admins only have 1/6th of a brain. :p
Oh, no, definitely not. Any system administrator with an ounce of neurons working would *never* leave automatic updates enabled. This is because else, if an update happens to be broken, or to interact badly with the installed software (and yes, that does happen), your whole park of computers is knocked out.

A decent system administrator would *first* test the available updates on a machine sample, and then deploy the update on other systems if the sample survived. There is often a huge gap between "the most recent version of a software" and "the most stable version of it" - and when it comes to administrating large networks, stability and security should always come before novelty.

As for IE9, mmm, I've tried it. It is not bad, but it is clearly playing catchup with its competitors. Given the evolutions introduced in the Firefox 4.x betas, IE9 still seems to be behind by a significant margin. Making it run only on Vista/7 will also prevent strong penetration in the enterprise, where huge amounts of computers are still using Xp. It will probably give users a better default browser, but there will still be much better alternatives available for free.

Now, that's only a beta, so maybe we can still expect significant speed improvements - but I really doubt it.

[Amnesiac]

I agree. my school still use Microsoft office 2003. why can't they change it to 2007 or 2010

they should also install Firefox and Google Chrome

My district finally got 2007 in the middle of last year, and Firefox is pre-installed on all computers.

We're still using XP though, which will lose Microsoft support in the near future.

[Jess]

last year my school's computers had Firefox...I don't know why at the bigger high school there's no Firefox. and I don't get why they can't just upgrade Microsoft Office from 2003 to 2007. most people are using 2007 at home, so people don't have to convert or whatever


your school's computers is still using XP? mine is using Windows 7 :P

[Amnesiac]

your school's computers is still using XP? mine is using Windows 7 :P

I envy you :P

Yes, every computer in my school (except for the Macs) uses bad old XP professional. I don't think the district has any plans to upgrade, they'll probably just dump money on more crappy Macbooks which I've found to be much harder to use and more prone to crashing than their PC counterparts.

[Zero Beat]

I dont think I'll even bother downloading it, SAFARI FTW! :D

Microsoft really should take another shot at making IE for apple. They did it once, and a ton used it. Till they, OMG CANT BELIEVE THIS, fucked it over xD

Microsoft fail is fail.

[Jess]

IE9 seems okay, butI don't like the tabs on the right of the search box. if I use a lot of tabs, those tabs will be tiny

[PJay]

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Oh, no, definitely not. Any system administrator with an ounce of neurons working would *never* leave automatic updates enabled. This is because else, if an update happens to be broken, or to interact badly with the installed software (and yes, that does happen), your whole park of computers is knocked out.
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Yep that is what happens on our system. The pc is totally locked down you can't even put your own software on it and it only updates with what they tell it to.

Also our it guy is really good but maybe that is just my school <shrug>

I tried ie9 on the gorillaz site to see the html5 work but it crashed when I was using the virtual laptop :lol: i guess that is why it is still beta.