What do you think of Internet Explorer 9?

Tuesday, March 15, 2011 by Leo the Lion | Discussion: Personal Computing

The final version of IE9 was released by Microsoft last night and I installed it on my Windows 7 machine. Only played with it for about 30 minutes so did not have time to explore some of the new stuff but one thing that really impressed me was the speed of the page loading. Wow! Fast or what.........Never been a fan of FF but Chrome has potential.........but now IE9 really sets the pace, speedwise.

Anybody else tried it yet?

Get the final version here http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/internet-explorer/products/ie/home

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CarGuy1
Reply #1 Tuesday, March 15, 2011 11:06 PM

I loaded it up again today. The final version is a little nicer than the RC.

There is one thing I still do not like, the favorites button is on the wrong side of the browser. I'm so used to it being in the top left that I now click on the add to favorites bar icon by mistake. I added so many sites to the favorites bar by mistake that I just turned it off.

Uvah
Reply #2 Wednesday, March 16, 2011 4:57 AM

Still says it can't load the page. Sucks.

Onklifiziert
Reply #3 Wednesday, March 16, 2011 5:06 AM

I hate this crap. The most stupid browser. Ok, the new version 9 looks good and it's faster but it still sucks. There are better browsers out there. I'm using Chrome for years and i love it.

BoXXi
Reply #4 Wednesday, March 16, 2011 5:19 AM

Can't the favourites button be moved back to the left hand side? If it can't, then no point in me installing it, because it would drive me nuts.

I hate it when companies change things with no apparent benefit other than trying to make it look different.

Philly0381
Reply #5 Wednesday, March 16, 2011 10:26 AM

Working fine for me.  Loads pages quicker.  The design is different and will take a little time to get used to.  All in all it does what it is supposed to.

DrJBHL
Reply #6 Wednesday, March 16, 2011 10:41 AM
Philly0381
Reply #7 Wednesday, March 16, 2011 11:15 AM

Hey Dr., saw your thread and that's why I replied to this one. 

B2R
Reply #8 Wednesday, March 16, 2011 11:35 AM

Personally I am disappointed by the look and usability of the final version, even after adding the Bing bar... and MSN version!

Phoon
Reply #9 Wednesday, March 16, 2011 11:48 AM

I ran it at home and at work for nearly a full day. HATE THE SHIT OUT OF IT!

It ran slower and on several occasions I was greeted with a No internet connection type of page when trying to go to known working sites.

I'll be stickin with IE8. I'd rather use a rock and stick than rely on memory leaking slow ass FF. Chrome isn't even worth the energy it just took to type the supid name either.

Frogboy
Reply #10 Wednesday, March 16, 2011 11:54 AM

It's making me cry.

Xiandi
Reply #11 Wednesday, March 16, 2011 12:14 PM

Said this on another thread:

I'm not crazy about how it looks. I don't like the address bar and tabs on the same bar, so I changed that.

I do not like the back and forward buttons, I like them the same size.

Toolbar is still blue. YUK!!

I have not looked into what parts of this are skinable yet, but I think I'll stick with Firefox.

WebGizmos
Reply #12 Wednesday, March 16, 2011 2:26 PM

Kind of reminds me of the Vista buildup and let down. And now for something completely shitty! Also reminds me why i never used IE in the first place.

Uvah
Reply #13 Wednesday, March 16, 2011 5:27 PM

It sucks. Plain and simple.

Jafo
Reply #14 Wednesday, March 16, 2011 6:38 PM

Still using the RC...haven't got the final yet.

Have been using it since it first was available.....apart from it getting upset with Google and these forums/site [solved via compatibility mode] it's fine..... as good as any.... as bad as any.

I dunno what all the prejudice is about.

Could it be better?

Probably.

Could the alternatives?

Probably.

Gwenio1
Reply #15 Wednesday, March 16, 2011 6:49 PM

Considering it is free, that you get anything at all means you are getting more than you paid for.

Savyg
Reply #16 Thursday, March 17, 2011 3:03 AM

I like it more than any other browser.

I used to use Chrome and I have little preference between the two, but Chrome 10 seems slower than Chrome 9 on my box.  Needless to say, they both seem slower than IE9.

Dr Guy
Reply #17 Thursday, March 17, 2011 11:06 AM

I used to use Chrome and I have little preference between the two, but Chrome 10 seems slower than Chrome 9 on my box. Needless to say, they both seem slower than IE9.

I am glad I am not the only one that has noticed that. Chrome is ok, but no speed demon.

Gwenio1
Reply #18 Thursday, March 17, 2011 11:21 AM

Only two issues here:

1) I cannot find how to make the search box appear.

2) The button for a new tab uses the default background color for webpages, which is an issue because I use separate default colors for webpages as way many websites are incompatible with my color sceme (some still are, the default Windows colors still get used for somethings).

Otherwise it is just fine.

Jafo
Reply #19 Thursday, March 17, 2011 11:31 AM

1) I cannot find how to make the search box appear.

The Link 'box' top-left is the search box as well.

Just type into it and it'll load your selected default engine....

Gwenio1
Reply #20 Thursday, March 17, 2011 11:34 AM

The Link 'box' top-left is the search box as well.

Just type into it and it'll load your selected default engine....

Needs to be an option to separate it into its own box then.

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