Internet Explorer 9 (Final) is Here

[Dre']

Hey Windows Vista And Windows 7 and Server 08 users!
IE9 is finally here


IE9 Website: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/i...oducts/ie/home
Download: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/i...wide-languages

[Arch_Angel]

Here is a review of the browser for those who want to read about it before trying it out: http://download.cnet.com/Internet-Ex...-10497433.html

First problem that caught my eye was the tabs and location bar on the same row. Seems apparent that not many persons at MS use a lot of tabs. But glad to know MS left an option to move the tabs on a row of it's own.

Apart from that, I'm glad MS is getting somewhere with IE, in terms of features. Won't find any love from me though. Still afraid to surf the internet with IE.

[BUBBA]

Some Benches done on Gsm
http://blog.gsmarena.com/internet-ex...nd-benchmarks/

[Flexx17]

imma download this now n c what all the fuss is about

[Anubis]

Here is a review of the browser for those who want to read about it before trying it out: http://download.cnet.com/Internet-Ex...-10497433.html

First problem that caught my eye was the tabs and location bar on the same row. Seems apparent that not many persons at MS use a lot of tabs. But glad to know MS left an option to move the tabs on a row of it's own.

Apart from that, I'm glad MS is getting somewhere with IE, in terms of features. Won't find any love from me though. Still afraid to surf the internet with IE.

Afraid, due to what?

[Arch_Angel]

Afraid, due to what?

Something jumps out and bites me.

• Any number of security holes in IE that can be manipulated through activex or java or flash that can affect me just by visiting a site using IE.
• Any number of security holes in IE that MS have not fixed over the years because it's not a high level bug and no hacker has taken advantage of it yet to do something malicious.
• Any number of of security holes that MS does not know about but can still affect me.

Every time I see an IE bug in the wild and read up on how it is accomplished, it continues to turn me away from using the browser. As my firewall or anti-virus (if i had one) won't protect me from such bugs.

I feel much safer surfing the internet using Chrome or Firefox (Opera too) as I feel they do a much better job at securing the browser and fixing bugs as they get them. More so with Chrome that has a sandbox feature built into it.

On top of that, many viruses/trojans choose to use IE's activex controls to open pages in the background, and IE doesn't do much to notify you that a page is opening. You know like the MS Help files in programs when you press F1?

It's why I have set my firewall to ask me when IE is trying to access the internet, so I know if a program/virus/trojan/bug trying to connect sneakily behind my back using IE.

Lots of ways Anubis. Lots of ways to get in via IE. But at least they are making it harder for hackers. Just haven't reached that stage yet where I am comfortable surfing with it.

[nevintech]

Most ppl use IE, alot o ppl i know only know IE,thus they dont know what is a browser,they only know how to double click the "e",what i think is not only is ms not neck to neck with the hackers...etc but since its the most common browser,then it wil be most likely to be attacked to cause widespread attack quickly.

[Anubis]

Something jumps out and bites me.

• Any number of security holes in IE that can be manipulated through activex or java or flash that can affect me just by visiting a site using IE.
• Any number of security holes in IE that MS have not fixed over the years because it's not a high level bug and no hacker has taken advantage of it yet to do something malicious.
• Any number of of security holes that MS does not know about but can still affect me.

Every time I see an IE bug in the wild and read up on how it is accomplished, it continues to turn me away from using the browser. As my firewall or anti-virus (if i had one) won't protect me from such bugs.

I feel much safer surfing the internet using Chrome or Firefox (Opera too) as I feel they do a much better job at securing the browser and fixing bugs as they get them. More so with Chrome that has a sandbox feature built into it.

On top of that, many viruses/trojans choose to use IE's activex controls to open pages in the background, and IE doesn't do much to notify you that a page is opening. You know like the MS Help files in programs when you press F1?

It's why I have set my firewall to ask me when IE is trying to access the internet, so I know if a program/virus/trojan/bug trying to connect sneakily behind my back using IE.

Lots of ways Anubis. Lots of ways to get in via IE. But at least they are making it harder for hackers. Just haven't reached that stage yet where I am comfortable surfing with it.

Hhhmm well I use to primary use Mozilla then it became Firefox I always use to think that IE was more secure but the Fox, Safari, Opera etc.... were just faster so I would use those when I wanted speed but IE when I wanted to do secure transactions (I guess I have been shooting myself in the leg) but what about that incident when Chrome was over looking certain vulnerabilities it made the news once I think you were even the one who posted the article.

[Madshatta]

Most ppl use IE, alot o ppl i know only know IE,thus they dont know what is a browser,they only know how to double click the "e",what i think is not only is ms not neck to neck with the hackers...etc but since its the most common browser,then it wil be most likely to be attacked to cause widespread attack quickly.

Well i dont really think so, most people user Firefox and even if they are using IE once they try firefox they wont go back

[Abdalla]

I use the beta version for some time, its coming along enu......but it seems to drag but i guess it was still in the testing phase. Google Chrome is the way.......