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Internet Explorer 9 Released: Here’s What You Need To Know
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Microsoft has released the final version of Internet Explorer 9, and
there’s just one question you should be asking yourself: Should I bother
installing
it? Here’s everything you need to know about the latest release of
Microsoft’s infamous browser.
Spoiler alert: If you are running Windows 7 or Vista, you should
absolutely install IE9 on your PC—even if you prefer Chrome or Firefox,
it’s better to
have a secure, updated version of Internet Explorer.
What’s New in Internet Explorer 9?
If you want to see the full list of changes with all the original
marketing detail, you can read Microsoft’s
Beauty of the Web page,
but here’s the highlights that you might be interested in.
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• Completely New Interface – as you can see in the screenshot above,
there’s a completely new interface, designed from the ground up to save
space on the
screen—in fact, it uses even less pixels than Google Chrome.
• Hardware Acceleration – IE9 is the first browser that taps into the
power of your video card to make everything faster, by default. This
browser is blazing
fast, all around.
• Pinned Sites – While Google Chrome might have started out with their
web applications concept, IE9 takes it to another level by allowing site
owners to
customize the menus for sites pinned to the Windows 7 taskbar.
• HTML5 Support – Microsoft has finally learned from their past
mistakes, and focused on getting I.E. to the point of compliance with
Internet standards.
There’s a lot of whiners out there that say Microsoft didn’t make it
work well enough, but I think it’s a good first step.
• Combined Search / Address Bar – IE9 integrates the two boxes together
into one, and even adds search suggestions that work quite well, similar
to Google
Chrome’s combined omnibox.
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There’s a ton of other, smaller, features below the hood, but these are
the most interesting features. I’ve also highlighted some of them in
screenshots
below.
You probably want to get to the screenshots, but first, here’s a couple
of answers to questions you haven’t asked yet.
list of 5 items
• No, Internet Explorer 9 does not work on Windows XP.
• Yes, you can install IE9 over top of the beta version if you had that
installed.
• Yes, If you have 32-bit Windows, you should install the 32-bit version.
• Yes, If you have 64-bit Windows, you should install the 64-bit version
(which includes the 32-bit version). Yes, you should upgrade to this
version.
• Yes, if you
click this link
it will take you to the download page.
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Where Can You Download It?
I’ll have to assume that eventually Microsoft will offer IE9 through
Windows Update, but for the moment, you’ll need to click the following
link to download
IE9. Remember to pick the right version for your operating system.
http://www.beautyoftheweb.com/#/download
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The new combined search/address bar is smart, and it’ll provide
interesting suggestions right there in the browser itself. One of my
favorites is the weather
checker, which actually shows an image based on what’s going on outside.
You know, cause looking out the window isn’t very geeky.
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If you don’t like the combined Address Bar and Tabs on the same row, you
can right-click on any of the tabs and choose “Show tabs on a separate
row”. Note
that you can also drag the divider between the address bar and the tabs
to resize the address bar.
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I totally stole this screenshot from Microsoft’s marketing page, since
it does a great job of showing how the pinned sites feature works. Just
drag the
tab for any site to the taskbar, and voila! New pinned tab with a fun
icon! Right-click on that tab, and you’ve got a custom jump list… at
least, if that
site has implemented the I.E.-specific features.
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IE9 has what could essentially be considered “FlashBlock” built right
in—just head to Safety-> ActiveX Filtering, and turn it on from there…
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From now on, whenever you go to a site that tries to use an ActiveX
control like Flash, you’ll have to click the little icon in the address
bar to enable
it. Awesome!
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There’s a lot more features, but we’re not going to bother with
screenshots. Why? Because you should install it and see for yourself!
For the record, I’m a Mozilla Firefox user, and while I do really like
the new IE9, I’m sticking with Firefox… but I still recommend that you
install IE9
on your PC if you possibly can. There’s just no need to have an insecure
IE8 sitting around, and even if you turn off Internet Explorer, there’s
still
a ton of applications that utilize the underlying components, and you
should consider installing it the same as patching your PC for the
latest security
holes.
And who knows… you might just like it.
Download Internet Explorer 9 from beautyoftheweb.com
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