Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 Launched Worldwide
The latest version of Microsoft’s browser, Internet Explorer 9 has been officially released to the public.
Microsoft say that with the latest release they have focused on speed and security, they believe they have positioned themselves as more than a match for the other browsers that are currently biting huge chunks out of Internet Explorers once dominant market share.
- Speed - Microsoft say that a combination of a new Javascript engine called Chakra, and the ability to utilise your computers graphics hardware, means that performance will be class leading.
- Security – The big feature here is the ability to stop the ability of some advertisers to track your movements across the web. This has been a successful tactic used by advertisers in order to get you to see the same or similar adverts across multiple sites. The reason being that repetition leads to more sales.
- Look and Feel – The interface has been spruced up with a cleaner design and quick access to your favourite sites and suggestions on other sites that you might like. Popups are delivered via a toolbar rather than via a big box interrupt to make for a calmer browsing experience.
We haven’t had time to really play with it for very long here at doubletimemedia.com but will feed back our experiences. However, talking with experience in these matters, our advice would be to wait for a while before making the shift. Usually there a few bugs, niggles and holes that need to be patched when a big update is pushed out and so it is usually common sense to wait a while for them to be found and fixed before making the leap.
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