Internet Explorer 9 RTM

[Carfax]

Surprised there isn't a thread about this, but IE9 finally went RTM and is available for download from here, or here.

This is by far and away the best browser I've ever used bar none. It launches fast, and renders web pages very fast; noticeably faster than Firefox. Haven't used Chrome before, so I can't compare them together.

But this guy did, and the results speak for itself. IE9 b!tch slaps Chrome

[Nomadsoul]

Thanks for download link and short review.

Very fast installation, clean, nice interface. Fast!!!

[alfaunits]

First impression was: WTF! Give me my interface back! (I can't stand not having the Menu bar above address bar ).
After some little tweaking (had to re-tweak security a bit as well), I am impressed. The rendering looks much beter for me and is remarkably faster than other browsers (got FF 4 latest beta, Opera and IE8).

[JohnZS]

I am also surprised at how fast and also easy to use Internet Explorer 9 is too!
Well done Microsoft!!!
John

[Jamesrt2004]

actually really good!

[ubuntu83]

It's performance is OK though the interface sucks a lot.

[Origin_Unknown]

I've been using it quite a bit over the last few weeks and i really like it

[SubZero.it]

I have it since the beta release and I must admit it's really well done...fast and stylish!

[Zaskar]

It's performance is OK though the interface sucks a lot.

The clean interface is one of the best parts about it!

[ubuntu83]

The clean interface is one of the best parts about it!

I still like FF's interface more.

[Lokinhow]

But this guy did, and the results speak for itself. IE9 b!tch slaps Chrome

there's something really wrong with that teste. At my home and at my job chrome is muuuuuuuch faster than in this video.

I did some testing with IE9 RC, FF4 RC and Chrome 10 on peacekeeper

[nijel]

Anyone found a trick to move menu bar on the top? "ITBar7Position"=1 doesn't work.
And where is the progress bar?

[PatRaceTin]

hmmmmm i will try

[Particle]

I tested the JS engines of all the major browsers yesterday using Sunspider when I did the IE9 update. I made sure Opera, Chrome, Firefox, Safari, and IE were all at their latest versions. As it turns out, IE 9's JS engine is the fastest, followed closely by Opera.

IE9: 276ms
Opera: 307ms
Chrome: 341ms
Safari: 446ms
FF: 958ms

Note that JS performance doesn't determine how fast a browser is overall, so don't mistake me for having made such a claim. It is, however, an important aspect of any modern browser. I find it interesting how Chrome doesn't lead the way in that field. They aren't usually the fastest, but they sure started the recent wave of JS engine improvement a couple of years back. The worst score here is better than the best score of any browser on this same laptop from a couple of years ago.

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Regarding IE9 specifically: It really messes up the WebBrowser control in .NET apps when they call .Print(). Everything is all jacked up now. It seems to be due to new compatibility modes, but it causes fun stuff like weird padding around elements and entirely missing characters. It's the same thing the betas did. Whitespace can be eliminated by adding compatibility mode directives to the HTML or setting manual compatibility levels in the registry.

Way to do it in HTML:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...(v=vs.85).aspx
(Skip down to the "Understanding Content Attribute Values" header.)

Registry:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...(v=vs.85).aspx

[Mats]

There's a big difference between 32- and 64-bit versions.

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/hardware/i...e_skin;content

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ieinternals/...-explorer.aspx

[Brahmzy]

I ran the beta/RC for quite a while and found it to be quite buggy - I am not seeing the same bugs in this RTM. Good job MS. And I think I've finally gotten used to the favorites being on the left.

[Sparky]

Sounds like Microsoft finally make IE worth something.

BUT! Is there adblock for IE9?

[redrumy3]

Sounds like Microsoft finally make IE worth something.

BUT! Is there adblock for IE9?

& noscript, which is why I will never leave firefox :P

I wonder if they release this on windows update or you need to manually update

[AKM]

Sounds like Microsoft finally make IE worth something.

BUT! Is there adblock for IE9?

You can use tracking protection lists and you don't need to install any extension

http://dayngo.com/static/filter.html

http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/Br...s/Default.html

[froste]

there's something really wrong with that teste. At my home and at my job chrome is muuuuuuuch faster than in this video.

I did some testing with IE9 RC, FF4 RC and Chrome 10 on peacekeeper

Chrome just updated to 10.0.648.134 on my PC. Also IE9 RC was very buggy for me. From the reviews it seems the RTM version of IE9 is much better. Can you compare IE9 RTM vs new version of Chrome on peacekeeper?

[Zaskar]

Anyone found a trick to move menu bar on the top? "ITBar7Position"=1 doesn't work.
And where is the progress bar?

Im assuming its gone forever, on IE8 it made whatever was under the menubar revert to the older non aero theme. With IE9 it is much more integrated, I doubt they would let you split it up.

[nijel]

Yeah, I guess you're right. The Group Policy doesn't work also.

[WhiteFireDragon]

are there any type of ad-blocks on this thing like firefox? i can stand a page loading a few milliseconds slower, but what i can't stand are ads. the only thing i use firefox for is the adblock

[nijel]

Do you read this thread?
Post 19.

[WhiteFireDragon]

Do you read this thread?
Post 19.

yes i read all the posts, but if you tried this browser yourself with those TPLs, it doesn't work and ads still work as normal... unless i'm still doing something wrong. i'm still sticking with FF until there's an option or add on to disable ads