Internet Explorer 9 isn’t due out until mid September, but Microsoft Russia have got a bit excited and posted a screen shot of IE9’s user interface. The screen shot has been confirmed as genuine.
The site has been pulled since the image was posted, so the above screen shot is all we have for [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Microsoft has announced that it plans to release the public Beta of IE9 on the 15th of September.
Invites were sent out to members of the press for a web IE9 beta event. The rumour is that Internet Explorer 9 will have a minimalist user interface. Microsoft will not be using Ribbon or Metro UI elements, [...]
Microsoft has been working hard on Internet Explorer 9, releasing 3 IE9 previews. Each one being an improvement on the last. While the previews have not seen a new user interface, they have performed very well by all other means. An with the fourth and final preview being released today, progress is being rapidly made.
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Microsoft has revealed a new download manager in an early IE9 build.
Screen shots of the build were leaked to Chinese Website Cnbeta early in the week. The screen shots show a download manager that allows you to pause and cancel downloads, a new icon for IE9 and improved security controls for add-ons. These new [...]
Microsoft recently released it’s third preview of IE9. It’s coming close to it’s first beta release and is showing allot of promise. IE9 looks to be a strong competitor in the browser wars. With new HTML5 support and improved an JavaScript engine, IE9 can use hardware acceleration to deliver a better browser experience. Previous tests [...]
Read the rest of this entry »Reports are out that Microsoft will release Internet Explorer 9 platform preview 3 later today.
This preview will include support for the HTML5 video tag. Microsoft demoed IE9 against Safari earlier in the month, it’s expected that updated HTML5 tests will be posted to it’s test drive site later today.
Internet Explorer 9 was unveiled at [...]
Microsoft may have dropped a big hint via way of a hotfix, that IE9 beta will be coming soon.
An update fro Windows 7 issued on Tuesday is "to support features in Internet Explorer 9 Beta". The KB2120976 update resolves some issues with streaming that relate to Media Foundation in Windows 7. IE9 has had 2 [...]
Apple recently released Safari 5, and Microsoft have responded by demoing IE9’s hardware acceleration abilities.
Brandon LeBlanc, of the Windows Team blog, posted a video on Tuesday of a comparison of IE9 and Safari. LeBlanc said in his blog: "Apple announced and released Safari 5. We figured we would show IE9 and Safari 5 together", said [...]
Microsoft is pulling out all the plugs with IE9, they are certainly working hard towards making it the top browser. Early tests of the browser have been very promising, moving towards being fully HTML5 and CSS3 compliant.
Microsoft’s IE team have posted an update on it’s progress so far, which show it to be fully compliant [...]
Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it plans to support the VP8 video codec in IE9. But, VP8 has to be installed on the Windows machine first.
Google has also announced a developer preview of WebM, which is an open and royalty-free file format for the web. There are some big names sponsoring the WebM project, such [...]
