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Title: Internet Explorer 9
Post by: Anistorm on March 17, 2010, 12:33:30 AM: http://mashable.com/2010/03/16/ie9-preview/

For those with XP and want to upgrade to that browser (which will be available soon), you might want to consider upgrading your Windows. It will NOT SUPPORT Windows XP.

Meh, I'm sticking with SeaMonkey.
Title: Re: Internet Explorer 9
Post by: beanboy89 on March 17, 2010, 12:40:30 AM: If you're not a web developer, don't even bother installing the IE9 Platform Preview. There's no proper GUI for everyday web browsing. Just the menu bar with a few simple commands. Wait for the beta or final version to be released.

Here's a screenshot (courtesy Microsoft) just to show how spartan the UI is:

(http://img36.imageshack.us/img36/4381/css3infoscreencapture.png)
Title: Re: Internet Explorer 9
Post by: TWCToday on March 17, 2010, 01:12:54 AM: Quote from: Anistorm on March 17, 2010, 12:33:30 AM
[url]http://mashable.com/2010/03/16/ie9-preview/[/url]

For those with XP and want to upgrade to that browser (which will be available soon), you might want to consider upgrading your Windows. It will NOT SUPPORT Windows XP.

Meh, I'm sticking with SeaMonkey.

Don't think it will be available that soon. :P Hasn't even made it to beta. At some point I see the need for MS to let go of older OSs but considering how widely use IE9 is they should have probably kept it included.
Title: Re: Internet Explorer 9
Post by: beanboy89 on March 17, 2010, 01:42:54 AM: Quote from: Martin on March 17, 2010, 01:12:54 AM
Quote from: Anistorm on March 17, 2010, 12:33:30 AM
[url]http://mashable.com/2010/03/16/ie9-preview/[/url]

For those with XP and want to upgrade to that browser (which will be available soon), you might want to consider upgrading your Windows. It will NOT SUPPORT Windows XP.

Meh, I'm sticking with SeaMonkey.

Don't think it will be available that soon. :P Hasn't even made it to beta. At some point I see the need for MS to let go of older OSs but considering how widely use IE9 is they should have probably kept it included.

IMO, there's no reason for Microsoft to bend over backwards to support a ten-year-old OS. XP is now in extended support phase, so the only updates Microsoft is sending out to XP users are security patches. Furthermore, IE9 uses Direct2D (which is based upon DirectX 10) to render pages, and is only available for Vista SP2+. Microsoft would have to spend a lot of time and resources trying to backport that to XP.
Title: Re: Internet Explorer 9
Post by: Zach on March 17, 2010, 05:16:03 AM: What about Vista SP1? :unsure:

I tried Vista SP2 and it was crap. :noexpression:
Title: Re: Internet Explorer 9
Post by: wxntrafficfan on March 17, 2010, 04:44:46 PM: I remember I had a boatload of troubles upgrading to IE8 right when it came out. Not for a second considering upgrading to IE9. Google Chrome is where it's at :biggrin:
Title: Re: Internet Explorer 9
Post by: TWCToday on March 17, 2010, 04:46:18 PM: Quote from: Zach on March 17, 2010, 05:16:03 AM
What about Vista SP1? :unsure:

I tried Vista SP2 and it was crap. :noexpression:
How can a service pack be crap?
Title: Re: Internet Explorer 9
Post by: Zach on March 18, 2010, 03:58:23 PM: Quote from: Martin on March 17, 2010, 04:46:18 PM
Quote from: Zach on March 17, 2010, 05:16:03 AM
What about Vista SP1? :unsure:

I tried Vista SP2 and it was crap. :noexpression:
How can a service pack be crap?
Right after I installed Vista SP2, I tried using Movie Maker, and it like wouldn't work nor would IE 8. :wall:
Title: Re: Internet Explorer 9
Post by: beanboy89 on March 21, 2010, 02:59:22 PM: Fail... http://i.imagehost.org/0240/twctoday_ie9.png
Title: Re: Internet Explorer 9
Post by: TravelCitiesFan on April 16, 2010, 10:14:24 AM: Quote from: wxntrafficfan on March 17, 2010, 04:44:46 PM
I remember I had a boatload of troubles upgrading to IE8 right when it came out. Not for a second considering upgrading to IE9. Google Chrome is where it's at :biggrin:

Im not upgrading to that IE 9 either im sticking with Mozilla Firefox :bleh:
Title: Re: Internet Explorer 9
Post by: TWCToday on April 16, 2010, 10:02:47 PM: I like Firefox but it still is a giant memory hog for me. I get better performance with webkit browsers