Internet Explorer 9

[OuchOfDeath]

I am extremely impressed by this release. The UI is really fast, intuitive, and the browser is just a pleasure to use. I was also pleasantly surprised by the installer. Instead of having the user restart the entire operating system is simple asks to shut down several applications, explorer.exe being one of the. Microsoft should have been doing this years and years ago, but better late than never. It's a huge improvement to the OS in general too, and I hope we'll be seeing even less mandatory restarts in the future.

EDIT: User above me said what I forgot to mention. Yep, that Options window is an outdated cluttered mess.

[Eric Veteran]

I already noticed this in the RC: Compared to Safari 5 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard dragging tabs around seems really jerky and awkward with Internet Explorer 9 on Windows 7. There's also a bug when you tear off a tab and Aero Snap is accidentally activated you can't put it back into the original window anymore. You have to drop it, tear off the tab in the newly created window again and then place it back.

One would think Microsoft could come up with animations that are a lot smoother than this considering it's their own browser and operating system? :/

They could have cleaned up the internet options window a bit as well...

Works smoothly here, it just snaps into place again if you drag it back to an IE window. The Aero Snap issue I can confirm, though. It's probably a Snap bug, not an IE one.

[osm0sis]

To get rid of the gray border on Compatibility view sites:

Create a key in HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer named "No3DBorder" and set it to 1.

The zombie game is Zombie Tycoon built with Molehill Flash Incubator:

http://molehill.zombietycoon.com/

My next trick will be to check out Speckie and see how it works, though I'm one of those people who doesn't really personally feel the need of a spell checker. ;)

[eilegz]

Now available everywhere

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/internet-explorer/downloads/ie-9/worldwide-languages

[downhillrider]

who has a list of whats different from the RC. Im not noticing anything, maybe thats good.

[eilegz]

oh im trying to install it after 35 mb of download when i run the setup it seems to download again? its weird

[iron2000]

So one would have to download both 32-bit and 64-bit IE9 installations to update the 32-bit and 64-bit IE8s on Windows 7 x64?

[spudtrooper]

So one would have to download both 32-bit and 64-bit IE9 installations to update the 32-bit and 64-bit IE8s on Windows 7 x64?

no, just install the 64bit version if you run x64, it will download everything necessary to update.

[:: Lyon ::]

who has a list of whats different from the RC. Im not noticing anything, maybe thats good.

I think I read from Neowin's front page news that there was only one noticeable difference. I forgot what it was though, lol

[osm0sis]

iron2000: Nope, the 64bit installer contains both versions. (Actually I don't think the 32bit installer will even run on 64bit Windows)

[Lion and Lamb Ministry]

Has anyone gotten it from Windows Update???

[eilegz]

anyone know a way to put the menu bar on the top (above the url bar)

[AnotherITguy]

It runs pretty snazzy on both my dual core and quad core, im quite impressed.

[caerma]

Fantastic, thanks for the links.

[spudtrooper]

Has anyone gotten it from Windows Update???

I don't think it will be on WU for a while.

[Eric Veteran]

I don't think it will be on WU for a while.

It should be if you have the beta or RC installed. Tomorrow is patch day.

[.Neo]

Works smoothly here, it just snaps into place again if you drag it back to an IE window. The Aero Snap issue I can confirm, though. It's probably a Snap bug, not an IE one.

Like I wrote down earlier: Compared to what you see with Safari 5 on Mac OS X the animations of IE 9 really aren't that smooth. I'm not saying the feature doesn't work the way it should, I'm just saying the actual animations are pretty rough.

[spudtrooper]

Like I wrote down earlier: Compared to what you see with Safari 5 on Mac OS X the animations of IE 9 really aren't that smooth. I'm not saying the feature doesn't work the way it should, I'm just saying the actual animations are pretty rough.

Animations are fine for me... I think people would complain more if they added glamor where none is needed in attempting to animate the "Snap" more :)

[.Neo]

Animations are fine for me...

Have you made a comparison just now between Safari 5 on Mac OS X Snow Leopard and Internet Explorer 9 to actually see what I'm talking about?

[lamminium]

Impressive performance.

[factoid]

So does anyone know how to get IE 9 to do the search keyword shortcut like Google Chrome? (i.e. in chrome I can set it up so that I can type "nwn xbox" and have it search neowin for xbox).

I really like that feature in chrome...

[Ji@nBing]

It's alright. Too barebones for my liking. It would be perfect for novice users that don't need extras though. It's definitely quick. It feels a lot faster and lighter than the new Firefox.

[aznkid25]

Is it just me, or in the task manager, under processes, it shows multiple instances of ie9? I only have one tab open

[qdave]

just updated. Verry slow to start but now it is ok. I gues si had too many tasks running at the same time.

[Kenneth Micallef]

Is it just me, or in the task manager, under processes, it shows multiple instances of ie9? I only have one tab open

When you open IE9... 2 (iexplore.exe) processes are opened then if you open 2 more tabs 2 more (iexplore.exe) proccesses are opened. I just tested this on my PC. Bit if you close the 2 tabs the (iexplore.exe) prcocesses are still running I think this has to do with the speed boost that IE9 delivers thanks to gpu handling