This is not to mention the fact that some buttons on websites simply do not work on IE9 - when this happened with random links it's frustrating, when it occurs with Paypal, my Bank's website and the like it's frankly unbearable. It's more than a little frustrating that the top of the page or article gets shown and as you scroll down it all gets fudged out. I don't understand why they would let any version, beta or not, be released whereby such universal websites as Amazon, Wikipedia and Googlemaps DON'T LOAD PROPERLY. I 'upgraded' from IE8 to IE9 around a week ago and I've now reach my limit - I'm abandoning ship too. So, out of the kindness of my heart I have stuck by IE when all else haven jumped ship to Mozilla. Silly to call the Microsoft money-making power house an underdog, but it seems to be a fallen giant, and always got the flak for everything that goes wrong. We dont use IE emulators or simulators so what you get is the native and real IE.
We run actual Windows installations in virtual machines and you get access to real Internet Explorers. I have always stuck by Microsoft because I tend to favour the underdog. Browserling lets you cross-browser test your websites and web applications in all the Internet Explorer versions. Watch out: the browser wars just got exciting again.īy Anonymous reviewed on November 13, 2010 In all, the latest version of Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 is faster and prettier than its predecessors - and really throws down the gauntlet to its competitors. Internet Explorer 8.0 (XP) Change Log Accelerators: With accelerators you can get directions, translate words, email your friends, and more in just a few clicks. New features like hang recovery and InPrivate Filtering provide Internet Explorer a stabler and more secure web experience than most other browsers. At its 1995 release, Internet Explorer competed with the Mosaic web browser and Netscape Navigator. At various points, Internet Explorer was also available for MacOS, Solaris, and HP-UX. IE 9 features decent support for HTML 5 (the new generation of media-rich websites use this language), and now finishes the Acid 3 test with a near-perfect 95/100. Microsoft Internet Explorer is a web browser application created by Microsoft primarily for Microsoft Windows.It was initially based on Spyglass Mosaic. Internet Explorer 9 also offers improved speed and performance, as well as better compliance with web standards and new technologies. This option is enabled by default, uncheck the option and apply changes. Go to Advanced tab and scroll down a little to get following option: Load sites and content in the background to optimize performance. The new Performance Advisor add-on identifies add-ons that are slowing Internet Explorer down (a feature badly needed in Mozilla Firefox). Open Internet Explorer and click on Tools -> Internet Options. IE 9 also lets you 'pin' websites to the Superbar and allows you to bookmark your favorite websites as 'applications' in your OS. Among the new features included in Internet Explorer 9 are better integration with the Windows operating system and a seriously beefed-up security system.