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What do you think of Internet Explorer 9?

March 15, 2011 10:16:57 PM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums

The final version of IE9 was released by Microsoft last night and I installed it on my Windows 7 machine. Only played with it for about 30 minutes so did not have time to explore some of the new stuff but one thing that really impressed me was the speed of the page loading. Wow! Fast or what.........Never been a fan of FF but Chrome has potential.........but now IE9 really sets the pace, speedwise.

Anybody else tried it yet?

Get the final version here http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/internet-explorer/products/ie/home

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Reply #1 March 15, 2011 11:06:42 PM
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I loaded it up again today. The final version is a little nicer than the RC.

There is one thing I still do not like, the favorites button is on the wrong side of the browser. I'm so used to it being in the top left that I now click on the add to favorites bar icon by mistake. I added so many sites to the favorites bar by mistake that I just turned it off.

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Reply #2 March 16, 2011 4:57:58 AM
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Still says it can't load the page. Sucks.

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Reply #3 March 16, 2011 5:06:14 AM
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I hate this crap. The most stupid browser. Ok, the new version 9 looks good and it's faster but it still sucks. There are better browsers out there. I'm using Chrome for years and i love it.

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Reply #4 March 16, 2011 5:19:21 AM
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Can't the favourites button be moved back to the left hand side? If it can't, then no point in me installing it, because it would drive me nuts.

I hate it when companies change things with no apparent benefit other than trying to make it look different.

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Reply #5 March 16, 2011 10:26:53 AM
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Working fine for me.  Loads pages quicker.  The design is different and will take a little time to get used to.  All in all it does what it is supposed to.

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Reply #6 March 16, 2011 10:41:33 AM
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Disappointed.

https://forums.wincustomize.com/406496 

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Reply #7 March 16, 2011 11:15:25 AM
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Hey Dr., saw your thread and that's why I replied to this one. 

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Reply #8 March 16, 2011 11:35:20 AM
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Personally I am disappointed by the look and usability of the final version, even after adding the Bing bar... and MSN version!

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Reply #9 March 16, 2011 11:48:12 AM
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I ran it at home and at work for nearly a full day. HATE THE SHIT OUT OF IT!

It ran slower and on several occasions I was greeted with a No internet connection type of page when trying to go to known working sites.

I'll be stickin with IE8. I'd rather use a rock and stick than rely on memory leaking slow ass FF. Chrome isn't even worth the energy it just took to type the supid name either.

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Reply #10 March 16, 2011 11:54:59 AM
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It's making me cry.

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Reply #11 March 16, 2011 12:14:07 PM
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Said this on another thread:

I'm not crazy about how it looks. I don't like the address bar and tabs on the same bar, so I changed that.

I do not like the back and forward buttons, I like them the same size.

Toolbar is still blue. YUK!!

I have not looked into what parts of this are skinable yet, but I think I'll stick with Firefox.

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Reply #12 March 16, 2011 2:26:36 PM
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Kind of reminds me of the Vista buildup and let down. And now for something completely shitty! Also reminds me why i never used IE in the first place.

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Reply #13 March 16, 2011 5:27:07 PM
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It sucks. Plain and simple.

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Reply #14 March 16, 2011 6:38:28 PM
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Still using the RC...haven't got the final yet.

Have been using it since it first was available.....apart from it getting upset with Google and these forums/site [solved via compatibility mode] it's fine..... as good as any.... as bad as any.

I dunno what all the prejudice is about.

Could it be better?

Probably.

Could the alternatives?

Probably.

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Reply #15 March 16, 2011 6:49:51 PM
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Considering it is free, that you get anything at all means you are getting more than you paid for.

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Reply #16 March 17, 2011 3:03:49 AM
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I like it more than any other browser.

I used to use Chrome and I have little preference between the two, but Chrome 10 seems slower than Chrome 9 on my box.  Needless to say, they both seem slower than IE9.

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Reply #17 March 17, 2011 11:06:46 AM
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I used to use Chrome and I have little preference between the two, but Chrome 10 seems slower than Chrome 9 on my box. Needless to say, they both seem slower than IE9.

I am glad I am not the only one that has noticed that. Chrome is ok, but no speed demon.

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Reply #18 March 17, 2011 11:21:22 AM
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Only two issues here:

1) I cannot find how to make the search box appear.

2) The button for a new tab uses the default background color for webpages, which is an issue because I use separate default colors for webpages as way many websites are incompatible with my color sceme (some still are, the default Windows colors still get used for somethings).

Otherwise it is just fine.

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Reply #19 March 17, 2011 11:31:33 AM
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1) I cannot find how to make the search box appear.

The Link 'box' top-left is the search box as well.

Just type into it and it'll load your selected default engine....

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Reply #20 March 17, 2011 11:34:08 AM
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Quoting Jafo,
reply 19
The Link 'box' top-left is the search box as well.

Just type into it and it'll load your selected default engine....

Needs to be an option to separate it into its own box then.

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Reply #21 March 17, 2011 2:33:07 PM
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Quoting Dr Guy,
reply 17

I used to use Chrome and I have little preference between the two, but Chrome 10 seems slower than Chrome 9 on my box. Needless to say, they both seem slower than IE9.


I am glad I am not the only one that has noticed that. Chrome is ok, but no speed demon.

Oh I disagree in general.  I think they enabled some security features and 'app' stuff that slowed it down a bit.  Anyway back on IE9 I noticed some glitching with Trusted Sites...I had to remove a site from that to make things work again.  I doubt all of you are running into issues with that, but some might be.

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Reply #22 March 17, 2011 2:44:11 PM
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Wish I could say, I was downloading it thru IE8 and got stuck at 20%, after about 15 minutes I canceled the download. 5 minutes later it gave me the msg IE9 failed to download. If it took this long just to tell me it failed to download I don't want to imagine how slow it might really be or how terrible it is at noticing problems. No thanks. I'll stick to Firefox for now while keeping an eye on Chrome, just in case.

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Reply #23 April 6, 2011 4:08:28 AM
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I like it. 

 

I find it much snappier than IE 8 (especially on this 2005 notebook I'm typing this from)

 

Haven't had one single issue with it since getting it through windows update (of course my systems are never modified in any way, run every single MS update always, and in general always work! )

 

...my 2 cents! 

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Reply #24 April 6, 2011 4:12:56 AM
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After all these years sticking with IE, version 9 is the one that made me jump the ship to Firefox 4.

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Reply #25 April 6, 2011 4:30:40 AM
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IE 9 won overall at Tom's Hardware. Page speed is way ahead.

For me, Firefox. Or Chrome. Do not like UI on IE 9.

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