IE9 --- Thumbs down after 60 seconds
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So, i thought i had at least upgrade my IE, get it out of the way. So downloads installer and kicks it off: and it closed everything running to install, reopened them again and then told me to restart computer to use it. :wtf: (Why not just close everything, install and then restart computer as part of the install process). Anyway, took a few sites for a quick spin, Engadget, CP, MSN, and after 60 seconds of this, i thought why did i bother. It's toolbar arrangement, tabs, address bar, all look so dated. The page scrolling is not very pretty, it just feels so X| Think I will be staying with chrome.........
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Personally I like it. I didn't have the issues with the install that you did. I clicked install, the installer went away. I even continued to use IE8 and do my work on my machine normally. It came back and said I needed to reboot to finish, I told it "later" and went about my business until I was ready to normally reboot. At which point it came back up with IE9 installed and ready to go. It's clean It's fast (fastest browser on the market currently[^]) It integrates nicely with Win7 and doesn't cause problems on lesser windows OS (like Vista/XP). Supposedly it's secure. It's fairly standard compliant (at least as much as is necessary for web browsing IMO) It supports HTML5 better than any other browser... What isn't to like?
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Personally I like it. I didn't have the issues with the install that you did. I clicked install, the installer went away. I even continued to use IE8 and do my work on my machine normally. It came back and said I needed to reboot to finish, I told it "later" and went about my business until I was ready to normally reboot. At which point it came back up with IE9 installed and ready to go. It's clean It's fast (fastest browser on the market currently[^]) It integrates nicely with Win7 and doesn't cause problems on lesser windows OS (like Vista/XP). Supposedly it's secure. It's fairly standard compliant (at least as much as is necessary for web browsing IMO) It supports HTML5 better than any other browser... What isn't to like?
kinar wrote:
It integrates nicely with Win7 and doesn't cause problems on lesser windows OS (like Vista/XP).
There's NO version of IE9 for Windows XP. The minimum supported client OS is Vista, and server OS is 2008.
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So, i thought i had at least upgrade my IE, get it out of the way. So downloads installer and kicks it off: and it closed everything running to install, reopened them again and then told me to restart computer to use it. :wtf: (Why not just close everything, install and then restart computer as part of the install process). Anyway, took a few sites for a quick spin, Engadget, CP, MSN, and after 60 seconds of this, i thought why did i bother. It's toolbar arrangement, tabs, address bar, all look so dated. The page scrolling is not very pretty, it just feels so X| Think I will be staying with chrome.........
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Wanted to try it. Downloaded the 64 bit Win 7 installer. Fired it up and it almost instantly bombed. Guess I'll wait until the 3rd release or so...
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The speed of IE9 is amazing, but I do admit the interface is ugly. Even uglier than Chrome. Plus, I've gotten too attached to a lot of the features in Opera to switch to anything else.
I'm glad to see there's other Opera users on here - There doesn't seem to be many of us :( I've been using it since around when version 6 or 7 came out. :)
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So, i thought i had at least upgrade my IE, get it out of the way. So downloads installer and kicks it off: and it closed everything running to install, reopened them again and then told me to restart computer to use it. :wtf: (Why not just close everything, install and then restart computer as part of the install process). Anyway, took a few sites for a quick spin, Engadget, CP, MSN, and after 60 seconds of this, i thought why did i bother. It's toolbar arrangement, tabs, address bar, all look so dated. The page scrolling is not very pretty, it just feels so X| Think I will be staying with chrome.........
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There must be something IE does not know how to close running on your machine and that forced the reboot. On my machine IE9 RC installed just like any other browser. IE9 indeed closed everything including the shell (Windows Explorer), but was able to restart the shell without reboot. Since MS software aims not to work but to work most of the time, the installer is OK. I like the layout, it basically trades speed of menu access for window space. I just do not care. IE is the browser that works nicely with other MS products. For example, if a Java Script function is called from a Silverlight plugin, only the IE debugger works. I see only one major UI problem: IE does not open a new folder when I click the back button holding Ctrl. IE also does not have as much plugins as Firefox. I doubt MS can encourage things like AdBlocker, so it is unlikely to catch up ever. Thus, I stay with FF, but I find IE usable and will not wonder if other people prefer it.
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So, i thought i had at least upgrade my IE, get it out of the way. So downloads installer and kicks it off: and it closed everything running to install, reopened them again and then told me to restart computer to use it. :wtf: (Why not just close everything, install and then restart computer as part of the install process). Anyway, took a few sites for a quick spin, Engadget, CP, MSN, and after 60 seconds of this, i thought why did i bother. It's toolbar arrangement, tabs, address bar, all look so dated. The page scrolling is not very pretty, it just feels so X| Think I will be staying with chrome.........
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U Chrome and FF fans, don't really like change, do u(or feel threatened by it)? Instead of admiting that ie9 is a great browser, very intuitive and easy to use, it has great features that non of the other browsers have. Pls. don't make stupid remarks(no auto-restart on setup completion). It prooves u are pathetic. The reviews don't lie. IE9 is here to stay and it's great.
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I'm glad to see there's other Opera users on here - There doesn't seem to be many of us :( I've been using it since around when version 6 or 7 came out. :)
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U Chrome and FF fans, don't really like change, do u(or feel threatened by it)? Instead of admiting that ie9 is a great browser, very intuitive and easy to use, it has great features that non of the other browsers have. Pls. don't make stupid remarks(no auto-restart on setup completion). It prooves u are pathetic. The reviews don't lie. IE9 is here to stay and it's great.
Excuse me for making a personal opinion. Let me just say that i personally feel that the default look and feel of the IE9 toolbars, address bars and buttons is less aesthetically pleasing than IE8 (which was fine by the way). I found that when scrolling a number of sites on my 2560x1600 monitor the pages seemed more juttery than they did in Chrome at the same resolution. As for the install process, what was the point of restarting some of the processes that it had stopped to do the install only then to tell me if I want to use IE9 I must then restart the computer, and shut all the processes down again, thats just bad planning. Oh, and by the way, those who use text speak while trying to make an opinion are the pathetic ones, how professionally and intelligent does that make your opinion. U is you, and Pls is please, get a grip. And finally, IE9 probably is a great browser compared to the previous versions, but again its is my opinion, which I am entitled to have, if you disagree fine, but no need to resort to insults. Have a nice day :)
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U Chrome and FF fans, don't really like change, do u(or feel threatened by it)? Instead of admiting that ie9 is a great browser, very intuitive and easy to use, it has great features that non of the other browsers have. Pls. don't make stupid remarks(no auto-restart on setup completion). It prooves u are pathetic. The reviews don't lie. IE9 is here to stay and it's great.
ardagii wrote:
It prooves u are pathetic.
It proves that you can't spell and that you are a 'tard.
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Excuse me for making a personal opinion. Let me just say that i personally feel that the default look and feel of the IE9 toolbars, address bars and buttons is less aesthetically pleasing than IE8 (which was fine by the way). I found that when scrolling a number of sites on my 2560x1600 monitor the pages seemed more juttery than they did in Chrome at the same resolution. As for the install process, what was the point of restarting some of the processes that it had stopped to do the install only then to tell me if I want to use IE9 I must then restart the computer, and shut all the processes down again, thats just bad planning. Oh, and by the way, those who use text speak while trying to make an opinion are the pathetic ones, how professionally and intelligent does that make your opinion. U is you, and Pls is please, get a grip. And finally, IE9 probably is a great browser compared to the previous versions, but again its is my opinion, which I am entitled to have, if you disagree fine, but no need to resort to insults. Have a nice day :)
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well said.
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U Chrome and FF fans, don't really like change, do u(or feel threatened by it)? Instead of admiting that ie9 is a great browser, very intuitive and easy to use, it has great features that non of the other browsers have. Pls. don't make stupid remarks(no auto-restart on setup completion). It prooves u are pathetic. The reviews don't lie. IE9 is here to stay and it's great.
Thats your opinion and your entitled to it! for me personally this is the best browser that they have made BUT still behind the times compared to many of the other main browsers such as Opera, Firefox and Chrome in both functionality and use ability.
As barmey as a sack of badgers Dude, if I knew what I was doing in life, I'd be rich, retired, dating a supermodel and laughing at the rest of you from the sidelines.
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U Chrome and FF fans, don't really like change, do u(or feel threatened by it)? Instead of admiting that ie9 is a great browser, very intuitive and easy to use, it has great features that non of the other browsers have. Pls. don't make stupid remarks(no auto-restart on setup completion). It prooves u are pathetic. The reviews don't lie. IE9 is here to stay and it's great.
We get it. You like IE9 (why, is anybody's guess). However, it really is okay just to sit there - silently - smiling smugly to yourself and laughing at us luddites here on CP, secure in your own enlightenment, and without spewing crap in the lounge. Insulting people because they have differing opinions is not productive, and will only draw the attention of the less savory CP denizens - like me.
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U Chrome and FF fans, don't really like change, do u(or feel threatened by it)? Instead of admiting that ie9 is a great browser, very intuitive and easy to use, it has great features that non of the other browsers have. Pls. don't make stupid remarks(no auto-restart on setup completion). It prooves u are pathetic. The reviews don't lie. IE9 is here to stay and it's great.
Whilst I agree that IE9 is perfectly fine I don't agree with the childish way you have chosen to voice your opinion: quite unnecessary.
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U Chrome and FF fans, don't really like change, do u(or feel threatened by it)? Instead of admiting that ie9 is a great browser, very intuitive and easy to use, it has great features that non of the other browsers have. Pls. don't make stupid remarks(no auto-restart on setup completion). It prooves u are pathetic. The reviews don't lie. IE9 is here to stay and it's great.
I like IE9, but felt the need to vote you down, just because of your attitude.
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It was the square edge address bar, the square edged tabs, it just doesn't seem to flow nicely at the top of the screen.
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I just opened up Chrome to see what you were talking about witht the address bar and it failed to properly format it's own NewTab page until I clicked the Refresh button! Not impressed. I'll stick to IE9, thanks. Derek.
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U Chrome and FF fans, don't really like change, do u(or feel threatened by it)? Instead of admiting that ie9 is a great browser, very intuitive and easy to use, it has great features that non of the other browsers have. Pls. don't make stupid remarks(no auto-restart on setup completion). It prooves u are pathetic. The reviews don't lie. IE9 is here to stay and it's great.
I haven't tried IE9, but I started with IE1 and stayed with the series until something much better came along. Over the years MS lost it's way - and ground - to it's competitors so much that I went elsewhere, and have never found a need to go back. IE9 may be a good browser, but so is Chrome, so is Firefox, so is Opera. Each of those have "great features" than IE doesn't. And if you think "reviews don't lie" then you have a whole lot to learn!
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I just opened up Chrome to see what you were talking about witht the address bar and it failed to properly format it's own NewTab page until I clicked the Refresh button! Not impressed. I'll stick to IE9, thanks. Derek.
thats not good, the only issues i have had with chrome is when occasionally, a plug in fails with a particular site. Which version of chrome was that that failed, if you haven't used it for a while, maybe its not updated to the latest V10, or perhaps if that was the first opening since its update. Not trying to defend it, just saying thats all........... :)
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I'm glad to see there's other Opera users on here - There doesn't seem to be many of us :( I've been using it since around when version 6 or 7 came out. :)
Yes! One more almost 10 years happy Opera user here (for browsing, email, nntp, feeds, sync, download manager, etc.). I will eventually have IE9 on my machine, for development purposes or for specific sites (I have experimented that LogMeIn works well in IE only). Chrome is also on my machine, for test purposes, as well as Safari and FF. Actually I don't use FF, as it does nothing more or better or faster than the others. I still can't understand why people use FF and how it got its market share.
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thats not good, the only issues i have had with chrome is when occasionally, a plug in fails with a particular site. Which version of chrome was that that failed, if you haven't used it for a while, maybe its not updated to the latest V10, or perhaps if that was the first opening since its update. Not trying to defend it, just saying thats all........... :)
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It's actually 10.0.648.134, but I don't use it much - mainly for checking compatibility when developing web pages - so it may be the first time I've opened it since an upgrade. I've also got Firefox 3.6.12 and Safari 5.0.3 (7533.19.4) installed for the same reason (but don't happen to have Opera on this PC). Arguing over which browser is best based on new features etc always amuses me, since we have users who have to have their browsers downgraded to IE7 due a compatibility issue with Oracle's HFM web package. It doesn't play nicely with IE8 and other browsers are not corporate standards (although they aren't banned either).
