Microsoft launch Internet Explorer 9 web browser

[Gerald]

Microsoft has launched its latest bid to be computer users' default window on to the web.

The software giant has released the latest version of its popular web browser, Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), which it will help revive its fortunes in an increasingly competitive market.

Since 2003 the company has seen a 97% lead dwindle to 60% today.

It will compete with new versions of other popular browsers such as Mozilla's Firefox and Google's Chrome.

BTW,this belongs to PC/hardware,sorry for wrong posting!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11315819



Note: 15 September 2010 Last updated at 17:37 GMT

[Takeda Shingen]

Well, the release will be a beta, so we'll have to see if the security issues are worked out. I won't be donating my hard drive for that experiment.

[Gerald]

No, not me either!

[Ducimus]

I'll never use IE again. There's nothing MS could do to it to convince me otherwise excepting maybe getting rid of Active X. of course that'll never happen, so I'll never use it.

[JU_88]

IE9 eh, is it still a buggy firefox rip off? :hmmm:

[Gerald]

I think not, but I only use Firefox, exceptions are for updates of the OS

[HunterICX]

Ha if you're a XP user you don't even have to worry, IE9 seems not to work on windows XP :haha:

HunterICX

[Jimbuna]

Ha if you're a XP user you don't even have to worry, IE9 seems not to work on windows XP :haha:

HunterICX

True, but this is intended to compliment W7.

[Gerald]

True, but this is intended to compliment W7. The reason that you release a beta of IE is purely security-related

[Zachstar]

So IE is first on the GPU accelerated web browsing scene.

My bets are on Firefox 4 to steal the show tho. it is looking quite promising.

[papa_smurf]

Ugh! Im sticking to Firefox (testing version 4.0 Beta 6 atm - very good so far)

My bets are on Firefox 4 to steal the show tho. it is looking quite promising.
The fox shall rule the world!