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Microsoft's new IE9 promises zippier performance

Technology Sep. 16, 2010 - 06:00AM JST ( 12 )

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The758Sep. 16, 2010 - 07:53AM JST

Honestly, does anyone take Internet Explorer seriously anymore?
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alladinSep. 16, 2010 - 08:40AM JST

IIE9 is out and ready to go. What about IE10 and IE11 or maybe IE12 and 13? Internet Explorer has become a total joke. There will be no way for Microsoft to compete with google until it totally changes everything and reinvents itself.
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Zenny11Sep. 16, 2010 - 08:49AM JST

Chrome runs on Macs and Windows PC, is fast and small. Safari is another good browser that runs on both platforms.

My main-worry with MS programs as always is how heavy are they tied into the OS and how secure are they.

IE some time ago started to get a smaller foot-print(in show only) as they switched a lot of function and tasks into the OS to be processed. Meaning you can never fully remove IE, etc as it shares a lot of code with the OS.
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ScroteSep. 16, 2010 - 11:09AM JST

Sounds great, I can't wait for the Linux and OSX versions.
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ScroteSep. 16, 2010 - 11:14AM JST

"Microsoft showed off several big-name websites that have been designed to take advantage of the new browser, including ones from Amazon.com, Facebook and Twitter. The sites are built with code that older browsers can understand, but some may be sluggish without IE9."

If IE9 is standards-compliant web designers won't need to write specialised code to make their pages render correctly. Or are Microsoft up to their old tricks of adding non-standard "features" which only work on Windows? Web designers would be well-advised to avoid such "features".
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escape_artistSep. 16, 2010 - 02:29PM JST

The758 at 07:53 AM JST - 16th September

Honestly, does anyone take Internet Explorer seriously anymore?

Apparently a lot of Japanese companies still do, like mine for one. No doubt many elsewhere too. Heck, I still see client documents come in, like from big-name universities -- such as a user guide for a computer system, recommending people use any browser over IE 5.x and Netscape. Some firms in Japan have a bit of catching up to do, even for free programs like this.
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lostrune2Sep. 16, 2010 - 04:26PM JST

Here's a few more specifics about IE9:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11315819

The new browser also supports incoming global web standards, such as HTML5, which allow web developers to create rich and immersive web sites with graphics and video.

The standards are already used by other browsers.

They are overseen by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), founded by web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee.

IE9 also supports so-called scalable vector graphics that, as the name suggests, scale to the size of the window and adjust the resolution and size accordingly. These have been a standard of other web browsers for many years, but Microsoft has never supported them.

Other features, such as a combined search and address bar and a simplified menu, will be familiar to users of software such as Firefox and Chrome.

That seems to be a common theme.

While there is no firm release date for the full version, industry watchers warn that any delay allows competitors to catch up.

"Chrome releases new code every six to eight weeks and Mozilla is committed to pushing out new Firefox releases about every six months," said Ms Fried.

"Microsoft has a fairly long lead cycle and I wouldn't expect the final release to come this year, so we are talking about next year."

After the IE vs Netscape heydays, Microsoft had neglected browser development when Netscape's demise meant no more competitive incentive to improve. Ever since, MS had been on catch-up mode.
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SumoBobSep. 17, 2010 - 05:23PM JST

Mircosoft has been promising speedy software for two decades without ever coming through with the goods. I'm not holding my breath.
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forinagaiSep. 17, 2010 - 06:49PM JST

I wouldn't say IE is a joke with 60% market share. In fact they increased market share ever so slightly as Firefox lost ground.

Competition like this is a good thing for the market. Constant development and new software releases.

Haven't used the beta version yet, but looks good. Don't know if I'll be switching browsers soon though.
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saborichanSep. 17, 2010 - 09:24PM JST

Speaking of IE, my old Japanese high school used something like IE6 or 7. Might have even been five. All I know was, lots of websites would scold me and ask me to upgrade, but it was all networked and backed up, and the Board of Edumacation didn't change those things quickly.
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JeffLeeSep. 18, 2010 - 07:00AM JST

Mircosoft has been promising speedy software for two decades without ever coming through with the goods.

My Office 2007 applications on XP takes 3 seconds to initialize/start up on a three year old system. (I just timed it.)

Win7 is really speedy. My netbook takes well under a minute to totally boot up, and also shutting down is just a few seconds.

However, my friend's Mac iBook Air seems to take forever to get things done.
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majimekunSep. 18, 2010 - 08:52AM JST

The truth is that now Microsoft is only capable of copying its competitors.