Internet Explorer 9 Available via Windows Update

I see that Internet Explorer 9 is now appearing in Windows Update. Have any
of you "gurus" been playing with it or any of the pre-release versions. If
so, what's your opinion.
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Richard

In message <ing70l$ftb$> someone claiming to be "Richard"
<> typed:

>I see that Internet Explorer 9 is now appearing in Windows Update. Have any
>of you "gurus" been playing with it or any of the pre-release versions. If
>so, what's your opinion.

Honestly it's the first version of IE I've ever thought about actually
using. It's fast. Not Chrome or Firefox 4 fast, but it's fast enough
that it's not grindingly slow touching IE after using Chrome.

The UI is clean, much less of a mess than IE7 was, but it's a bit
jarring if you're a hardcore IE7/8 addict, give it a week to get used to
it before you give up.

As usual it's got it's own set of rendering "quirks", in that it's
"standards mode" renders some things just a little differently than IE8
did, so sites that were otherwise actually standards compliant but
worked around IE8 bugs might have to tweak to work in IE9.

Honestly I'd jump on it. The previews and beta/RC was out for so long
that waiting a week or a month won't help, web developers have either
updated or they're not going to.

I'd still push Chrome to the masses or FireFox to the tweakers over IE
of any flavour, but if you're going to use IE, IE9 is definitely the
one.

I'm holding off for the moment. Not because I don't like it (I do), but
because it currently has problems with the TechNet Wiki. I know that's being
worked on, and as soon as it's resolved, I'll be moving to IE9.

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Charlie.
http://blogs.msmvps.com/Russel


"Richard" <> wrote in message
news:ing70l$ftb$...
>I see that Internet Explorer 9 is now appearing in Windows Update. Have any
>of you "gurus" been playing with it or any of the pre-release versions. If
>so, what's your opinion.
> --
> Richard

In message <inkqtg$liv$> someone claiming to be "Charlie
Russel-MVP" <> typed:

>I'm holding off for the moment. Not because I don't like it (I do), but
>because it currently has problems with the TechNet Wiki. I know that's being
>worked on, and as soon as it's resolved, I'll be moving to IE9.

<rant>What is it with Microsoft coding their sites so horribly that they
not only aren't standards compliant enough to work with any browser, but
that they don't even work with Microsoft's own browsers?

MAPS download site is another good example, it's filled with warnings
about how "browsers" have problems downloading large files, and
suggesting you install some download manager and other garbage just to
download an ISO. Well no, only IE struggles with downloading multi-GB
files, other browsers work nicely, but the browser detection code on
MAPS site returns invalid code when it doesn't detect IE. Seriously?
</rant>

Thanks for letting me vent.

No problem, venting is a good thing. But in this case, it isn't really MS
that's the problem, but the underlying platform which isn't theirs. OTOH, I
know they're working very hard with the vendor to get the problem resolved,
since they are obviously no happier about it than you or I.

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Charlie.
http://blogs.msmvps.com/Russel


"Dave Warren" <dave-> wrote in message
news:...
> In message <inkqtg$liv$> someone claiming to be "Charlie
> Russel-MVP" <> typed:
>
>>I'm holding off for the moment. Not because I don't like it (I do), but
>>because it currently has problems with the TechNet Wiki. I know that's
>>being
>>worked on, and as soon as it's resolved, I'll be moving to IE9.
>
> <rant>What is it with Microsoft coding their sites so horribly that they
> not only aren't standards compliant enough to work with any browser, but
> that they don't even work with Microsoft's own browsers?
>
> MAPS download site is another good example, it's filled with warnings
> about how "browsers" have problems downloading large files, and
> suggesting you install some download manager and other garbage just to
> download an ISO. Well no, only IE struggles with downloading multi-GB
> files, other browsers work nicely, but the browser detection code on
> MAPS site returns invalid code when it doesn't detect IE. Seriously?
> </rant>
>
> Thanks for letting me vent.

Try Chrome or if you have a Mac Safari. IE is not up to par.


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Horsepucky. I have no desire to get into a browser religious war, but IE is
very much up to par, and a viable argument could be made that it's the
safest browser out there. (Not claiming it is, just saying you could easily
make the argument and defend it.)
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Charlie.
http://blogs.msmvps.com/russel


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> Try Chrome or if you have a Mac Safari. IE is not up to par.
>
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