Microsoft Sets IE9 Launch for March 14
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As Microsoft looks to kill off Internet Explorer 6, the Redmond software giant made official the launch date for IE9: March 14th, 2011. The final code will be available for download from Microsoft's servers starting at 9 AM PST on Monday, making good on Microsoft's promise to deliver its next generation browser in the first quarter.
It's been just over a year since Microsoft released the IE9 Platform Preview 1, a primitive version of what's soon to be a gold release. More recently, anxious IE fans have been able to play around with a Release Candidate build, which includes a new JavaScript engine codenamed Chakra.
There are several changes in IE9 compared to previous versions, including hardware-accelerated text, video, and graphics. There's a new tab page, improved integration with Windows 7, a streamlined design, pinned sites, and a host of other new features, which you can read about here.
Have you had a chance to play around with IE9? If so, what's your impression?
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highdef
March 10, 2011 at 9:11pm
I've tried the IE9 release candidate and I still find chrome faster.
I love the sleek, streamline design though, the title bar above and taskbar below looks great together.
The pinning of sites can be somewhat useful I think, 'cause I preffer bookmarks. I really don't want piling all my stuff on the taskbar. I'm kinda minimalist.
NortonsArk
March 10, 2011 at 2:49pm
I have had problems with both the beta and the recent prerelease of IE9. The browser has to close and reopen itself multiple times when I ask pages to refresh and when I open a group of tabs from my favorites. It's been frustrating enough that I am inclined to switch browsers, though I may hold off for the final release of IE9 next week.
Holt989us
March 10, 2011 at 10:01am
I downloaded it last week and had nothing but problems with it.... one major thing was I'd click on a link in a web page and it would take me to a random site in my favorites bar! Maybe they should make sure it works right before releasing it......
I submitted the stuff it was doing but who knows? I'm just one person.
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