Microsoft Previews Internet Explorer 9 at PDC09
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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ravewulf Replynew 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
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ssalim I only use IE8 for sql server reporting services since FF does not display it correctly (for me). That's it. Nothing else.Reply -
gaevs I really, really like the IE girl.. i want one!... oh.. BTW, i use IE8... no prob so far.Reply