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Microsoft Previews Internet Explorer 9 at PDC09

By - Source: Tom's Hardware US

Microsoft this week revealed that it has already started work on Internet Explorer 9.

Yesterday at Microsoft's Professional Developers Conference, the company announced that three weeks ago (which works out at about a week after Windows 7 hit shelves), the Internet Explorer team started work on Internet Explorer 9.

ReadWriteWeb reports that president of Microsoft's Windows and Windows Live division, Steven Sinofsky yesterday previewed IE9, showing attendees an early build and explaining that this version of the browser will focus on support for new standards like HTML5 and CSS3, as well as developing a faster JavaScript rendering engine.

Sinofsky went on to say that the team plan to make use of DirectX-based hardware accelerated graphics and text in IE9. Sinofsky showed that IE8 can render Bing maps at 14 frames per second. With hardware acceleration in IE9 turned on, he got 60 frames per second.

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  • 20 Ð
    The Schnoz , November 20, 2009 3:11 AM
    pocketdrummerIE girl probably has herpes...

    I don't know about herpes, but share a cup of java with her and you could get a virus in a flash.
  • 16 Ð
    htoonthura , November 20, 2009 2:09 AM
    i ditched ie8 since day one. love ff.
  • 11 Ð
    ssalim , November 20, 2009 2:17 AM
    wow, there is IE girl again. wow. not safe for work. Kind of.
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  • 16 Ð
    htoonthura , November 20, 2009 2:09 AM
    i ditched ie8 since day one. love ff.
  • 4 Ð
    ravewulf , November 20, 2009 2:12 AM
    Quote:
    new standards like HTML5 and CSS3, as well as developing a faster JavaScript rendering engine. ... make use of DirectX-based hardware accelerated graphics and text in IE9

    Sweet!
  • 9 Ð
    fazers_on_stun , November 20, 2009 2:14 AM
    About time for a new FF babe - the old one is getting stale :D .
  • 2 Ð
    lvlouro , November 20, 2009 2:14 AM
    htoonthurai ditched ie8 since day one. love ff.


    Same here!!!
  • 11 Ð
    ssalim , November 20, 2009 2:17 AM
    wow, there is IE girl again. wow. not safe for work. Kind of.
  • 3 Ð
    ssalim , November 20, 2009 2:18 AM
    I only use IE8 for sql server reporting services since FF does not display it correctly (for me). That's it. Nothing else.
  • -9 Ð
    Herbert_HA , November 20, 2009 2:23 AM
    Wouldn't use even if it was IE10. Crappy outdated browser.
  • 10 Ð
    gaevs , November 20, 2009 2:30 AM
    I really, really like the IE girl.. i want one!... oh.. BTW, i use IE8... no prob so far.
  • 7 Ð
    snowgoer1998 , November 20, 2009 2:39 AM
    Was there an article on this page?
  • -1 Ð
    insider3 , November 20, 2009 2:44 AM
    I'll use Netscape Navigator over this.
  • -2 Ð
    kelfen , November 20, 2009 2:46 AM
    did you forget w/o IE w/e version you could not get ff or any other browser; I use em all because win 7 gets a new id on the bottom
  • 8 Ð
    pocketdrummer , November 20, 2009 2:46 AM
    IE girl probably has herpes...
  • 3 Ð
    yang , November 20, 2009 3:00 AM
    I'm always for new innovations, I hope IE9 will look sleek. I love aesthetics of things
  • 6 Ð
    Camikazi , November 20, 2009 3:00 AM
    Wasn't she the FF girl before IE girl? This is first time I seen her with IE symbol instead of the FF symbol.
  • 0 Ð
    john15v16 , November 20, 2009 3:07 AM
    Unfortunately the world has to deal with crappy IE so I hope it actually passes the CSS ACID test with better scores this time.
  • -1 Ð
    itadakimasu , November 20, 2009 3:11 AM
    jesus.... ie8 is bad enough.... why not just make ie8 work correctly before making 9 ?
  • 20 Ð
    The Schnoz , November 20, 2009 3:11 AM
    pocketdrummerIE girl probably has herpes...

    I don't know about herpes, but share a cup of java with her and you could get a virus in a flash.
  • -1 Ð
    JOSHSKORN , November 20, 2009 3:13 AM
    Microsoft needs to quit while they're ahead. Windows 7 is good, IE8 is way better than IE7. Windows Vista and IE7 are two things that should've never happened.
  • 4 Ð
    Drag0nR1der , November 20, 2009 3:24 AM
    JOSHSKORNMicrosoft needs to quit while they're ahead. Windows 7 is good, IE8 is way better than IE7. Windows Vista and IE7 are two things that should've never happened.


    Yes, perhaps they should just fire their whole devlopment team and not develop their products anymore. I honestly think this is the most stupid comment I've read on here. Oh, and if vista hadn't happened, then all the things peopel complained about would have just applied to W7... it was the fall guy for making us change hardware and the way security was implemented.
  • 0 Ð
    anonymous@guest , November 20, 2009 3:25 AM
    IE is history for me! As much history as Netscape, and Windows 3.11!
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