Posted on 03/15/2011 6:36:57 AM PDT by for-q-clinton
As expected, Microsoft launched the Release to Market version of Internet Explorer 9 on Monday. The rollout began earlier in the day with a launch in the UK, and was heralded at an event at SXSWi in Austin, Texas. The browser will be available in 39 languages across the globe, and can be downloaded at Beautyoftheweb.com or right here in our FileForum at midnight EST March 15.
"The browser is only as good as the operating system it runs on," Internet Explorer general manager Dean Hachamovich said on Monday evening's event in Austin. But with HTML5 letting the browser tap into a system's GPU for hardware acceleration, the browser can actually do just a little better than that. That was chipmaker AMD's angle on Monday.
"A fully hardware-accelerated browser, taking advantage of Windows and the latest in PC hardware innovations…means the Web as we know it is about to change," Ryan Gavin, senior director of Internet Explorer said in a statement on Monday. "GPU-powered HTML5 in Internet Explorer 9 with AMD Fusion chip technology means Web developers have the ability to create fast, immersive and increasingly beautiful Web experiences."
Along with Microsoft, AMD used the South by Southwest festival to launch its "IE9 hearts APU" notebook giveaway, which definitely has a hipster feel to it.
Hipster marketing aside, IE9 has actually proven to be extremely popular. With all the different versions adding up to 40 million downloads, Hachamovich today said IE9 was the fastest growing Internet Explorer beta ever. It has been downloaded by about 2% of the total Windows 7 install base.
I think I have the perfect solution to the favorites moving to the right. I use roboform to manage my password protected sites and give me my favorites anywhere I roam. If you use Roboform you get a small toolbar in IE9 and the favorites are in a familiar spot.
That's fine as "backward compatibility" used to really hurt new software release's performance.
or in IE9 hit the center star on top right corner..a box will open then hit green arrow...favorites now on left
So is the “RTM” version the final version, or is it one of a series of beta releases?
Seems like they are releasing a new version quarterly these days.... I have not seen it yet myself.
Final.
Thanks. I’ll be looking into it, though I’m more than happy with version 8.
Maybe I’ll put it on my laptop first, as a trial.
From what I hear, it can only be installed on MS-Vista and MS-Win7.
I ran all versions prior to RTM, on Vista and Win 7, and was disappointed. Slow. Went back to IE 8 on all. But may give it ONE more chance. Heck, IE users will need to use it eventually anyway.
Fire Fox
Fire Fox on Linux for 2+ years now. No worries.
I was using a beta version of IE9 for a few months and it worked pretty well.
A few weeks ago Microsoft released a release canidate version that i then installed.
Next thing i know tabs are hanging, IE would freeze and my PC started to crash.
Great improvement.
I reverted back to 8 where i will stay with for the time being.
I’m liking the release version so far. Often when you upgrade from beta you are better off uninstalling and reinstalling. I went from IE8 to the released IE9 version and it’s been flawless. My roboform toolbar even works.
Actually I think firefox has degraded to IE 7 standards as of late. Not really their fault but so many add-ins are giving it a bad name.
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