IE 9 beta now available for download

[nsane.forums]

Internet Explorer 9 is now available for download.

Don't forget to check out our preview for a brief overview of the new features. If you're interested in enabling these features on your own website then we also have a guide on how to enable some of the jumplist and pin features of Internet Explorer 9.

Download: Internet Explorer 9 beta

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[DKT27]

Gonna test it soon. :)

EDIT: What the heck, it needs 4 more updates installed in order to install it.

[Night Owl]

If you install the beta release, you'll get to try out the many new features in Internet Explorer 9, but you might also experience a higher frequency of errors than you would using an earlier version of Internet Explorer.

:lol: :lmao: So Microsoft is admitting that users have errors when using released versions of Internet Explorer.

Source: Is the Internet Explorer 9 Beta right for me?

[Night Owl]

EDIT: What the heck, it needs 4 more updates installed in order to install it.

Did you get the mini download from the Original Post, or did you get the full download directly from Microsoft?

[DKT27]

Mini download. :unsure:

Ah well, I did completed installing all the mentioned updates and restarted, IE installer is downloading it's files right now.

[DKT27]

Internet Explorer 9 beta benchmarked: how does it stack up?

Earlier Today Microsoft announced and released Internet Explorer 9 beta, but how exactly does it stack up to other browsers? Neowin put Internet Explorer 9 and the top four browsers to the test in a head-to-head comparison, but how exactly does IE9 compare?

In the test we ran, we put Google Chrome 6.0.472.55, Mozilla Firefox 3.6.9, Opera 10.62 and Safari 5.0 (7533.16). The tests were run on a Core 2 Duo, T7300 running 2GB of DDR2 RAM, running on Windows 7 64-bit.

The first of the tests we ran the browsers through was the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark, testing each individual browsers performance. The tests were performed with each browser running on its own, in a default state, measuring the time it takes for the browser to run the test.

Mozilla Firefox 3.6 was the slowest of the browsers, taking an average of 2574ms to complete the test, Safari 5 finished the test in 451ms, Google Chrome completed the task in 423ms and Opera took 381ms to complete. Internet Explorer 9 took a total of 898ms to complete the SunSpider JavaScript task in the speed test, the second worst rending time.

After testing the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark for each browser, we tested the performance test for the flying browser icons, setup by Microsoft. The test of 100 images shows how many frames per second the browser can keep up with during the animation. The more frames per second is better. Safari 5 had an average of 5fps during the test, Mozilla Firefox 3.6 managed 9fps, while Google Chrome 6 had an average of 23fps and Opera with 21fps. Internet Explorer 9 managed to output 60fps during the test.

The second test used 256 images on screen at the same time, with Safari 5 still coming out the worst with 1fps, Firefox 3.6 following closely behind with 8fps, Opera averaged 14fps with Chrome just ahead with 15fps. Internet Explorer 9 managed to output 33fps in the test, outperforming all of the other browsers.

Neowin also put all the browsers up to the Acid 3 rendering, a Web Standard Performance test that measures how well a browser displays selected web elements, related to the Document Object Model (DOM) and JavaScript.

Out of the tests, Opera, Google Chrome and Safari all managed to successfully complete the test with a perfect 100/100 score. Mozilla Firefox 3.6.9 completed the test with 94/100, while Internet Explorer 9 managed to complete the test with 95/100.

Note: the above tests may vary from PC with different hardware and operating systems. The tests were performed on all stable release browsers as of this date.

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[avmad]

Told me to restart, and after I was greeted by this :lol:

0/43 on Virus Total. :rolleyes:

[DKT27]

Something for you guys to laugh at. Benchmark screenshot in IE 9:

Note: Tested IE 9 x32 instead of x64 (you know the reasons). Orange marks the benchmarks I've done today. This time I made sure that all the tests were done at a same clock speed. Minor number differences can be ignored. These benchmarks are not based only on JavaScript but overall browser speed.

IE 9? :lmao:

[irz]

Thanks DKT27 :lmao: :lmao: :lmao:

[Night Owl]

Something for you guys to laugh at.

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Minor number differences can be ignored.

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IE 9? :lmao:

But why is IE 9 a fail? It's more than 3 times faster than IE 8 and it's basically tied with Firefox 3.6.10 (3301 vs. 3347). You said that minor number differences can be ignored. So Firefox 3.6.10 is a fail too.

[DreamHaters]

Haha i chuckled seeing IE9 all the way near the bottom.

Thanks DKT27.

[DKT27]

@Night Owl: If you remember how much Microsoft promised that IE would be great in speeds, some news sites had even gone onto say that IE9 is beating Chrome's latest stable version couple of months ago. That's why IE = FAIL.

Firefox 3.6.x is slow, but we have Firefox 4 coming soon. But IE 9 was M$'s only hope if it wanted to stay in future browser race. Seems unlikely to me now. Also, lets not forget that we wont see much developments nor many IE 9 Beta releases.

[oZ.]

@Night Owl: If you remember how much Microsoft promised that IE would be great in speeds, some news sites had even gone onto say that IE9 is beating Chrome's latest stable version couple of months ago. That's why IE = FAIL.

Firefox 3.6.x is slow, but we have Firefox 4 coming soon. But IE 9 was M$'s only hope if it wanted to stay in future browser race. Seems unlikely to me now. Also, lets not forget that we wont see much developments nor many IE 9 Beta releases.

true say, everyone should start forgetting about Firefox 3.6, Firefox 4 within 1.5months =D!

[Icey]

I actually will probably switch back to IE once the final version is released. I really love their new UI and Windows 7 integration.

... but that doesn't mean that I'll stick to IE lol

[Night Owl]

@Night Owl: If you remember how much Microsoft promised that IE would be great in speeds, some news sites had even gone onto say that IE9 is beating Chrome's latest stable version couple of months ago. That's why IE = FAIL.

Firefox 3.6.x is slow, but we have Firefox 4 coming soon. But IE 9 was M$'s only hope if it wanted to stay in future browser race. Seems unlikely to me now. Also, lets not forget that we wont see much developments nor many IE 9 Beta releases.

OK, thanks for clarifying that. :) But still, IE 9 is only in it's first beta release. Let's see if things improve. :whistle:

[Night Owl]

Mini download. :unsure:

Ah well, I did completed installing all the mentioned updates and restarted, IE installer is downloading it's files right now.

I upgraded to IE 9 Beta using Microsoft's full download, but I also had to download the 4 updates separately. Grrr! The first time I started IE 9 Beta — it crashed and submitted a crash report to Microsoft. :lol: :lmao: :rofl:

It sort of works fine now, but I'm experiencing glitches with Nsane. :o An update to a status appeared twice, and if I click on an emoticon, it doesn't appear where it should. Grrrr.

[R0H1T]

This is IE9 beta vs Chrome(7.0.524.0 canary build) in sunspider benchmark, chrome is ~1.5 times as fast as IE9 beta.

This is IE9 beta in Google's V8 benchmark suite which is why chrome is optimized for these sort of tests.

Now the same for Chrome(7.0.524.0 canary build) yields a score that's 3 times over & above that for IE9 beta !

The point I'm trying to make is that benchmarks don't tell the whole story & in the end its comes done to the ecosystem where open source platforms like Mozilla/Chromium have shown us that they are viable alternatives if not way better than the default browser for WINDOWS - IE.

fl0ppyd1scours3

IE9 beta is smooth for sure but still its got a lot of catching up to do. When I ran peacekeeper with IE9 beta the CPU usage was over 70% (certain tests) while that for other major browsers was 40% or lower. There are other drawbacks as well like no status bar & the address bar is cramped in between the poorly laid out tab space(minimal) & the oversized navigation buttons also the rendering isn't smooth enough cause the page(s) seem to hang/freeze before its fully loaded with no progress bar/indicator either.

[Night Owl]

There are other drawbacks as well like no status bar

Right click to the right of the New Tab button and then select Status Bar on the menu. I enabled the Favourites Bar this way. Gotta have my favourites!!

[R0H1T]

There are other drawbacks as well like no status bar

Right click to the right of the New Tab button and then select Status Bar on the menu. I enabled the Favourites Bar this way. Gotta have my favourites!!

Its worthless, doesn't have the anything except the zoom button & only shows the links when hovering on them but still no progress indicator/bar anywhere unlike firefox !

[bashar]

what the F*** is this ?

i installed it ...and guess what everytime i started up , it tells me . internet explorer has stopped working !!!!

and last thing i know i saw a blue screen of death in my face

M$ SUX

Google Chrome will rule all of them

[R0H1T]

Browser vulnerability check passed.

One of the reasons to go for IE is its security & stability across different platforms(Windows CLIENT/SERVER versions).

[avmad]

I used it once. Now when I try to start it the screen just flashes really quick and nothing. :frusty: Uninstalled it and downloaded again but always does it. Can't find anything blocking it, like antivirus etc. Can't figure it out. :rolleyes:

[HX1]

Did you look to see if an instance is running in your Task Manager.. when all of this is going on? on Win7U right? Anything that interacts, integrates in anyway with Internet Browsers installed?

[avmad]

Hi mate. I've spent a good few hours trying to sort it out :frusty: Something must be blocking it. It works in safe mode. I've now got IE8 and done so many fixes found on the net. Too long to list lol. I tried turning off all my taskbar stuff. All kinds of fixes, resets, cmd stuff. :rolleyes: As it works fine in safe mode it must be a simple fix :( Gone through probably all the suggestions in help forums. Looked through logs without seeing anything suspicious. All other browsers work just not IE :unsure:

[HX1]

IE8 works but IE9 is dying.. Its weird I have found similar issues with a few programs.. Wondering if it could have anything to do with your DirectX version.. What is your Video Card capable of? Should say it in like Everest .. but it has to be under the stuff for the Video Card itself.. not your DirectX version.. Like my little 64 MB chip.. is made for DirectX 6.. yet I have a few files for DirectX 9... even still things that require DirectX 9.. will not run.. ( why they did this I don't know.. was three versions behind when they made the system..

EDIT: Point being that there could be one of these elements that it needs.. as well..

Have you checked your Windows Updates since you installed?

EDIT2: UI looks better from the screen shots.. but you know.. that one little light blue bar.. with the gradient that doesn't change.. even though you change visual style.. I wish that wasn't there.. I saw that ... ( for us non-aero people )