IE9

Okay, so yesterday Windows Internet Explorer 9 beta came out and I had to try it out. Pseudo-review coming:

I installed it (on a 64bit Windows 7 with 4GB of RAM) and rebooted the PC. We started off badly. Its opening time was longer than Chrome 6.0.472.59's, mainly because of add-ons. The browser has an add-on manager that specifies the amount of time each add-on needs to load. Google Toolbar (included) needs around 8 seconds to load (and that's an eternity). After I disabled it, IE opened very quickly (I compared it with Chrome's timing - very similar. I don't think the human brain can tell the difference). Pages load faster with IE9 than with Chrome. The browser's design takes less space than Chrome's due to the lack of a Bookmarks bar and the positioning of the tabs side by side with the address bar. That makes it uncomfortable to browse with a lot of pages opened at the same time.
It shows download requests and other messages on a bottom bar that doesn't take much space and doesn't stop browsing (a unique feature, I believe; I tried to get a screenshot of it by downloading something, but it crashed - it's still a beta, after all). I had to install Adobe Flash Player "Square" Preview Release as there still isn't a proper Release compatible with IE9 64bit.
It's Acid3 score is 95/100 against Chrome's 100/100

Screenshots:


Address bar & general design comparison. Left: Windows Internet Explorer 9; Right: Google Chrome 6.0.472.59




20 tabs opened on both browsers. Top: Windows Internet Explorer 9; Bottom: Google Chrome 6.0.472.59




IE9 Add-on manager with Loading Time ("Tempo de Carregamento")

Nice review, but IE 8 made me hate IE for ever

Vedic wrote:Nice review, but IE 8 made me hate IE for ever

I understand you perfectly. The same with Vista, although I have to admit they did a nice job with 7.

Firefox made me hate IE forever

To me, a browser is a browser, i really wouldn't hate on one of 'em.

Just wondering, Raffitz, are some of those icons on your browser from a game called Flyff?

(A poor man's warcraft kinda game if any of you are wondering what Flyff is, its free.....but its only fun for about 10 min, then you have to log off and wait 4 hours before it gets interesting again, lol.)

raffitz wrote:

Vedic wrote:Nice review, but IE 8 made me hate IE for ever

I understand you perfectly. The same with Vista, although I have to admit they did a nice job with 7.

Indeed.... Windows 7 actually is pretty good. I've had some compatibility issues with some programs, but other than that, it's been as smooth as a baby's bottom.

I still prefer a Linux OS though, it's just so much more flexible.

Oh, and meh... Crackersoft won't ever update IE fast enough to be as secure as Firefox or Chrome. And the addons will never be as good either. Just give up IE! You have lost.

Evil Person wrote:Just wondering, Raffitz, are some of those icons on your browser from a game called Flyff?

(A poor man's warcraft kinda game if any of you are wondering what Flyff is, its free.....but its only fun for about 10 min, then you have to log off and wait 4 hours before it gets interesting again, lol.)

Nope, not quite. The icons visible through aero on the second pic are My Documents, The Sims 2 Apartment Life & DivX Plus converter...

Darkwing wrote:Firefox made me hate IE forever

I don't hate it, but I don't like it either, I just wanted to try it out...

when done it will take nine hrs to load and if you try to close it will scratch your hdd as standard

I can wait for FF4 and w/e the next chrome is called.

The version of chrome i use now, is good enough for me

Well, the major turn off for to chrome, for me at least, is the fact that it doesn't have 2 things:

1. Quickfox Notes

- that extension practically manages my life, nothing else quite like it.

2. A new tab button next to the home button.

- When I'm actually using the mouse for opening new tabs, instead of the ctrl + tab combo, It's just gay having to locate the regular new tab button in the bar of open tabs. It could be in a million different places depending on how many tabs you have open. I should be able to put a new tab button wherever the heck I want! Lack of Customization = Lack of Productivity (for me at least)