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Poll: What’s the verdict on IE9?

I’m sure a lot of you have downloaded the newly released Internet Explorer 9 from Microsoft and probably have decided to switch, stay or add it to your browser line-up.

IE9 has gotten all the bells and whistles it promises to bring but if you are coming from Firefox or Chrome, I would not say there’s anything new and significant that would make you switch over.

If you’re a heavy Chrome user, you’d probably notice that IE9 has adopted a lot of the great features of the browser (which is a good thing but somehow an admission that IE is still behind).

IE9 is definitely better… than IE8, that is. Too bad IE9 doesn’t work on a Mac, yet.

So what’s your verdict on Microsoft IE9?

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

56 Comments

Bob Reyes says:

14 years ago

IE9 remains to be my alternate browser (Firefox is still my default).
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chinitoguy says:

14 years ago

Internet Explorer 9 is nice to use but I prefer Google Chrome still.
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YOPINTECH says:

14 years ago

The browser wars has always brought good stuff for us: All new set of features and significant speed improvements.

Chrome is my favorite Browser
http://yopintech.blogspot.com/2011/03/browser-ie9-vs-chrome-10-vs-firefox-4.html
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dan_md says:

14 years ago

Google chrome for me. Simple and straightforward interface. Powerful engine that runs tabs as separate apps. –> This can be a pain however for inferior-specced PCs.

IE9 has been simplified and made user-friendly BUT there are things that need improvement:
1. page tab headings should be positioned BELOW the address bar
2. opening a new tab should show page preview (rather than text-only) for instinctive recall
3. incompatibilities with some webpages
4. should have less items/options the right click-shell
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Jeric says:

14 years ago

Google chrome parin but its a good start and much better than IE8, plus the fact they have support gpu accelerated sites. As for the page tabs, good thing you can set it below the address bar and not on the sides, i also agree regarding the right click option – too many cluttered stuff there. Nevertheless a good start.
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dan_md says:

14 years ago

Ah oo nga. Got it. Right click top bar of the browser and tick “show tabs on a spearate row.” They should have set it as default. One more thing I liked about IE9:

Hovering over taskbar icon shows page previews.

Jay says:

14 years ago

No thanks. Will stick to Google Chrome & Firefox.
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cirrus says:

14 years ago

I just wanna say… IE 9 Rocks!
gpu utilization + html5 + faster performance = a whole new web experience!!!

@dan
I bet you have the beta version of ie 9.
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papao6 says:

14 years ago

chrome user here, super ok ang chrome sa akin. pero nung nadownload ko yun IE9, ok din naman cya, mabilis din, pero sanay na ako sa chrome kaya parang secondary browser ko nalang ang IE9
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deuts says:

14 years ago

Okay tong IE9. Meron na akong bagong browser na pwede gamitin pang download ng Firefox at Google Chrome!
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manaka_junpei says:

14 years ago

yung IE9 may awful problem sa akin kaya ina-uninstall ko, pero I prefer Google Chrome is the fastest and best there is
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