Microsoft gives first look at Internet Explorer 9

ThraxThrax 🐌Austin, TX Icrontian
edited November 2009 in Science & Tech
Microsoft gives first look at Internet Explorer 9

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  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    A nit to pick:

    Chrome uses Webkit, they're not separate engines. (Unless I've missed something recently?)
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    You're right, technically speaking, but Chrome performs additional optimizations that aren't in the base WebKit payload. The wording has been revised to make this subtlety more obvious.
  • AlexDeGruvenAlexDeGruven Wut? Meechigan Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    Right on. I actually like it a bit better with the browsers themselves called out. Most people have no clue what Gecko and Webkit are, but everyone knows Safari, Firefox, and Chrome, relatively speaking.

    That being said: It's nice to see MS at least making a show of making an effort. Standards are a good thing, more people should use them.
  • photodudephotodude Salt Lake, Utah Member
    edited November 2009
    the big question would be if they would build a 64bit version that supports 32bit plugins
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    IE has a plugin structure?
  • RyderRyder Kalamazoo, Mi Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    Yes, since IE7, I believe
  • SnarkasmSnarkasm Madison, WI Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    I forgot my :p. Apologies.
  • LincLinc Owner Detroit Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    I'd be happier if they'd just send the kill signal to IE6.
  • jaredjared College Station, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    ^ this.
    Using eric meyers css reset makes 96% of my design work without issue. The remaining 4% is always IE6.

    Altho, I've been think about using some overly-judgmental IE6 splash pages... http://www.thedonutproject.com/2009/05/22/overly-judgemental-ie6-splash-pages/
  • ThraxThrax 🐌 Austin, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    These splash screens give me so much joy it cannot possibly be contained in one body.
  • mas0nmas0n howdy Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    inb4:tim:
  • TimTim Southwest PA Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    That bar graph doesn't have a line for IE6.

    If they just started on IE9, how long until it's ready? A year?
  • NiGHTSNiGHTS San Diego Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    Mas0n, you're clairvoyant.
  • ardichokeardichoke Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    inafter :tim:
  • TiberiusLazarusTiberiusLazarus Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    How positively callous of them to leave out IE6. The below shows the image as it should have been displayed in its full and most accurate glory.

    attachment.php?attachmentid=27847&stc=1&d=1258688805
  • ardichokeardichoke Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    Don't argue with the bar charts. They use math and math is smarter than you.
  • jaredjared College Station, TX Icrontian
    edited November 2009
    As someone who develops websites that are heavy with javascript - jquery in particular - I can tell you from all the testing I have to do that as bad as IE7 did on those tests, IE6 is about 5-10x slower.

    One of the jquery sites I did not to long back lagged pretty bad in IE7. Upon clicking a link that triggered an action there was a 2-3 second delay while the hidden content faded in. IE8, FF, Opera, Webkit had no problem at all.

    IE6 was so unusable that I was forced to use some conditional statements to rip out the functionality completely.

    Not only does it have shitty rendering saying the JS engine is out dated is an understatement.
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