Internet Explorer soars new heights with IE9

[NewsBytes]

Finally, those will to bear the brunt of beta can get their hands on a preview of Internet Explorer 9!

Microsoft has released a "Test Drive" preview build of internet Explorer. Be ready to drive without a seatbelt or even a steering wheel though, as this browser preview contains just the engine. The preview browser right now is simple window with no toolbar, no location bar, no tabs either. Heck you cant even go back and forward in History! Still the very fact that Microsoft has releas...

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[ico]

lol, still Internet Explorer is a joke.

 

[Faun]

good joke. Now just provide auxilliary support from mozilla or opera to breatne life into it.

 

[mobiclue]

Internet explorer 9 will not have support for Windows XP. This is bad as most users are still using XP.

 

[ssk_the_gr8]

Internet explorer 9 will not have support for Windows XP. This is bad as most users are still using XP.

by the time its released.. xp users will be a lot less... but they still will be the majority

 

[chooza]

lol, still Internet Explorer is a joke.

that why its a largest using browser in world. dont say that people do not know abt another or resist to use another, because its nothing more then a lame excuse.I m using IE and Opera and never felt my machine has ever been compromised due to web attack while using IE. infact for net banking or online shopping I use IE

 

[ico]

okk chooza. you are correct.

 

[aditya_123]

mozilla is better but it bcums slow when a lot of add-ons are installed in it.......... and even facebook runs slow too while using its chat software

 

[Anorion]

IE9... sigh. I don't think they will ever give up and call it a day.

 

[Liverpool_fan]

that why its a largest using browser in world. dont say that people do not know abt another or resist to use another, because its nothing more then a lame excuse.I m using IE and Opera and never felt my machine has ever been compromised due to web attack while using IE. infact for net banking or online shopping I use IE

lolwut?
Victims never know when attacked

Anyway Internet Explorer is nothing more than a big fat joke and by the time IE9 is it would still be playing catch up with Opera 9.5, Firefox 3, and Chrome 3.0 (yup ze old versions) Oh wait I could go back more versions and IE would STILL be playing catch up.

Bit off and on topic:
*www.techtree.com/India/News/Internet_Explorer_Losing_Grip_in_Europe/551-110091-643.html

 

[nimish23]

IE9 aint coming before 2011 it seems. i switched to firefox three years back and have never felt the need to get back to IE.
interesting piece on microsoft and its browsers :
*arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/03/can-microsoft-really-build-a-better-browser.ars

 

[Liverpool_fan]

now a days its a style of high profile so called techies to blame any Microsoft product just like indians blame politicians.
microsoft is a great software company.

Well you make take it that way but Microsoft deserves bashing IMO. But we can beg to differ no doubt.

as far as personal privacy is concern google chrome is a biggest spy in ur pc. just search about it and u will find the facts.

Chromium ftw. Chromium = Chrome - Google's sh1t

 

[hellknight]

When it will be officially released, i mean the stable version, at that time, Opera and Firefox will be waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay ahead of it..

 

[abhijangda]

using IE8 and Firefox 3.6 both
But Firefox dominates over IE

 

[lywyre]

Feeling safer using Chrome than IE. and from a development point of perspective lesser said is better for IE.

 

[Kl@w-24]

that why its a largest using browser in world. dont say that people do not know abt another or resist to use another, because its nothing more then a lame excuse.I m using IE and Opera and never felt my machine has ever been compromised due to web attack while using IE. infact for net banking or online shopping I use IE

It's the most used because it comes bundled with the OS. Read the news item regarding the 'Browser Ballot' in the EU and how IE's share is on the decline.

You're free to use which ever browser suits you.

 

[Apple Juice]

that why its a largest using browser in world. dont say that people do not know abt another or resist to use another, because its nothing more then a lame excuse.I m using IE and Opera and never felt my machine has ever been compromised due to web attack while using IE. infact for net banking or online shopping I use IE

*4gifs.com/gallery/d/149086-2/Faceslide.gif

 

[xitij2000]

that why its a largest using browser in world. dont say that people do not know abt another or resist to use another, because its nothing more then a lame excuse.I m using IE and Opera and never felt my machine has ever been compromised due to web attack while using IE. infact for net banking or online shopping I use IE

Yes, it might sound lame, but it is true. Anyone who doesn't like messing with their computer, will find a nice little icon called Internet Explorer, and immideately assume it is for surfing the net. It works, and why should they care that it's because of the tireless efforts of thousands of developers? All that matters is that they click on that icon and the surf the net. They don't need an alternative.

I installed Chrome on the computers of a few people still using IE,and they just thought it was a newer version of the same. They are not dumb, they just don't give a **** as long as GMail opens and they can surf YouTube. They have other fields to excel in instead of computers.

IE9... sigh. I don't think they will ever give up and call it a day.

I don't think they should, we all need a laughing stock Besides, the best thing that can propel the evolution of browsers forward is finding out your browser is slower than IE

IE9 aint coming before 2011 it seems. i switched to firefox three years back and have never felt the need to get back to IE.
interesting piece on microsoft and its browsers :
*arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/03/can-microsoft-really-build-a-better-browser.ars

Same here, although I switched to Netscape 4.something back in 1999, a lot of websites didn't work as well, but it was still worth it!
And yes, I agree, by the time IE9 comes out in a couple of years, it will be outdated again, and it wont matter cause many people will still be using IE7,8 and the state of the web will still be the same.

now a days its a style of high profile so called techies to blame any Microsoft product just like indians blame politicians.
microsoft is a great software company. as far as personal privacy is concern google chrome is a biggest spy in ur pc. just search about it and u will find the facts.
BTW i like FIREFOX.

No one blames Microsoft for their charitable donations, and Microsoft got quite some praise for Windows 7. Guess why?

People blame a shitty product, and Microsoft has made quite a few of those, too many in fact. Take each point for what it is. Does it make sense? Bashing is only unfair if you do so without reason, and Microsoft has been kind enough to provide us with plenty of those.

It is amusing that you post this for an article which actually praises a Microsoft product, sort of.

The internet is the biggest spy on any pc. If you want 100% privacy, stay off it.

 

[xitij2000]

Its up to u, what u want to keep private and what public. if that doesn't matter for u then u are really welcome by Google. if u click on a add that ask u to buy a gift for someone on any particular day with Google account logged in i am sure on next year on same day Google will pop up with same type add to give a gift.
what u want to share with anyone is depends on person.

if u want proof go here


*www.benedelman.org/news/012610-1.html

one more

*news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10031661-56.html?tag=nl.e433

if still not satisfied here

*forum.prisonplanet.com/index.php?P...f9036a18fab35&topic=56904.msg282437#msg282437

Exactly. My point is if you go on a mistrust spree, every URL you enter goes to your browser, your dns server, and many many other places. If you keep worrying about who is listening in, you will find many suspects.

First of all, the privacy problem you speak of has already been fixed:
*www.informationweek.com/news/security/privacy/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=222500216

As for the obmibox issue, that is a feature of the browser, and one which can easily be turned off (as even the article will claim). Additionally, you can use Yahoo or Bing for the same purpose. Granted, many people might not know the implications of typing a URL in the omnibox, and this is something that should be highlighted by google.

Even so, for those who know, the choice is there. When you choose to go to your psychologist, it isn't a invasion of privacy when they hear the intimate details of your life, that is their job.

That ad issue you speak of is again not that big a deal, if only machines are involved. Like the GMail ads. When I use my browser or any other application, I consider it a good feature that the application learns from how I use it and adapts. My browser will show frequently visited websites and suggest then when I type in an address. My machine is not invading my privacy. If Google's machines do the same thing, i.e. record how I use them so that my future experience with the service gets better, how come it is suddenly an invasion of privacy?

I will answer why as well. It is not an invasion of privacy, but it is definitely uncomfortable that some remote computer in someone else's control has this data. The discomforting thing is, what if someone compromises their system and gains access to this data? If this is what you are worried about, then it is a reason to stay away from any and all web services. Your GMail account is no safer. Stay off the internet as I said.

It is OK to want to have your privacy, but after a point it is just paranoia.

 

[xitij2000]

If they are a monopoly. I agree.
However, in any case it is not similar to the way Microsoft is a monopoly.

The world is dependent on Microsoft for Windows, if they were to decide tomorrow that they will not let Windows run on any non-Microsoft computers -- like Apple -- people would be screwed. (Note that they cannot do this as it would be illegal since they are a monopoly, so the law does step in a bit to prevent such things)

Google gives you many ways out, and most of their products are open source. If Google discontinues the Google Chrome browser tomorrow, others will continue making it. Most of their services have API and free access, so even if it shuts down in the future, you will not be left without your data.

I am still not really sure how Google is a monopoly though. Maybe I just don't understand these laws that well. However unlike Windows, for which there is no equivalent OS which can run its applications, all of Google's products have competitors, and yet people prefer Google's products because they are better.

What can we have people do? Tell them to use inferior products? Or tell Google to stop making amazing products for free?

My view is that a dictatorship with a good ruler is far more efficient than a democracy with elected shitheads. Is it better though, I am not sure.