Internet Explorer 9 Beta Launching September 15

[ravewulf]

I can't wait! 😀

 

[nitzero]

Thanks very much I stay with Opera, using it since 2003. The Opera updates are far better than IE ones at much shorter periods.

 

[irh_1974]

[citation][nom]wotan31[/nom]Too little too late. Sorry Microsoft, but Firefox won this battle already. Give it up already, nobody with any common sense uses IE any more.[/citation]
Don't you just hate being wrong?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers
You just dissed over half the internet using world, no wonder people thumb you down. Way to go getting people round to your way of thinking, the old "call em stupid", will have people flocking to use Firefox just because you said so.

Ever thought of extolling the virtues of Firefox instead of just calling people stupid for using something else?

 

[Guest]

opera is the best. intotdeauna opera.

 

[adamboy64]

Heh. It took me a while to move from IE7 to IE8. I guess this could still be a while away from being released. Still, is exciting stuff. I'm guessing they won't be dropping XP support just yet..

 

[js1882]

[citation][nom]irh_1974[/nom]Don't you just hate being wrong?http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage [...] b_browsersYou just dissed over half the internet using world, no wonder people thumb you down. Way to go getting people round to your way of thinking, the old "call em stupid", will have people flocking to use Firefox just because you said so.Ever thought of extolling the virtues of Firefox instead of just calling people stupid for using something else?[/citation]


ehhh... IE only has the majority of the browser share because it comes pre-installed with windows and the majority of the users simply don't know the difference. If IE wasn't bundled with windows, that number would be a lot different

 

[irh_1974]

[citation][nom]js1882[/nom]ehhh... IE only has the majority of the browser share because it comes pre-installed with windows and the majority of the users simply don't know the difference. If IE wasn't bundled with windows, that number would be a lot different[/citation]
There you go again, the first recourse is to blame it on the customer.
The stats just dont back up that claim, otherwise since 2004 the drop from 90% to 60% wouldn't have happened.
People are aware of the choice, people are choosing alternatives and although Firefox has gained the most from it the one that is catching up fastest is Chrome, going from nothing to 7% in less than 2 years, thats more than Safari has managed in all the time it has existed.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers
I'm not saying don't use another browser, I have used several. My phone came with Opera by default and I still use it. I have use Firefox but not for work as it will not render some of our client's portals.

If I was to make a recommendation to MS about what to have for IE9 it would be the Quick Tabs button which shows a 3 x 3 layout of your open tabs, that would be animtaed the same way taskbar icons popups are. Everything else is fine, but then again, I actually get 18mb of my 20mb broadband so I never really have any speed issues.

 

[randomizer]

uhh... what?

doesn't IE have like 70% of the market share? battle is long from over, my friend.

He said nobody with common sense uses IE, not just nobody. I think estimating that only 30% of people have common sense is quite reasonable.

 

[irh_1974]

He said nobody with common sense uses IE, not just nobody. I think estimating that only 30% of people have common sense is quite reasonable.

Yeah, but the way he says it just sounds like "you're all thick and im so superior", and he wonders why every comment he posts gets thumbed down?
There are plenty of smart people who use all browsers and plenty of idiots too.
The fact that you use a particular browser isn't the cause of being an idiot, neither does using an alternate make you smarter.
Also, all this hatred and loathing is about less than 1% of the browsers actual function, "I dont like where the tabs are, I dont like toolbars, I dont like flash-ads", well boo-hoo, you cant please everyone and most of that stuff is user-changable as well, no browser has a built in Ad Blocker either, everyone has to download one.
Does the web browser actually display the website you are going to? - yes, they all do.

Car analogy? I'll buy Ford instead of GM because I dont like the rub of the carpet in the trunk.

Last time I checked all the browsers were free for users. The creators may well get money from ad-revenue but it's not like anyone twists my arm to buy anything. But advertisers at least know how to get a message across and saying that Burger King is better than McDonalds because they flame grill the burgers to taste better is a lot more effective than Coke saying that if you drink Pepsi you must be really stupid.

 

[Tomtompiper]

The people who say IE is better because more people use it are missing the fact that large swathes of industry are tied into IE6 because they can't afford to change the huge amount of code they would need to to move away from it, and MS had IE 7 tied into Vista so non computer savy users still use it. When you factor out those factors then I think you will find that Firefox has been kicking IE's butt for the last few years. By the way do you think those companies will make the mistake of getting lumbered with a proprietary browser as its link to essential apps again? When they switch from IE 6 they will use open standards so the don't get stuck with an old and unsecured browser ever again.

 

[jsm6746]

!--[if lt IE 9]
i hate you for making my life hell...
![endif]--

 

[Guest]

Well, I'll judge IE9 when I get my hands on it. And as for all the flak IE6 gets for not following web standards, a lot of them were laid down after IE6 was released but based upon slightly revised versions of features introduced by it. I find it somewhat unfair to fault it for that even if I agree that it's annoying that so many sites are made for it and that so many companies still uses it.

 

[xophaser]

I am browsing this on the firefox 4 beta, and I got the chrome beta also. If IE9 is a better product, I can switch again. But Firefox 4 is as minimal as you can get and I like it. It is starting to freeze on some site, which was why I switch from IE 7 or 8 in the first place. Chrome is my 2nd browser, as I store different login on that one.

 

[Ragnar-Kon]

IE is around and will be around as long as Microsoft Windows is on top of the market share for operating systems. I'm sure if Mac OS X was top of the market share, then Safari will be the most widely used.

The fact of the matter is that there are plenty of users don't even know Firefox or Chrome or Safari or whatever exists. I support many users here at work that think the ONLY way to get on the web is through Internet Explorer. People who visit this website obviously know better, but there are many more tens of thousands of people who don't.