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IE9 at over 1 Million Downloads and Counting, Download Platform Preview 2

There have been in excess of one million downloads of Internet Explorer 9 since the first Preview was introduced to the public in mid-March 2010. The number, confirmed by a Microsoft spokesperson, is indicative of the huge interest in the next iteration of Internet Explorer, the successor of IE8. Seven weeks after the release of Platform Preview 1, Build 1.9.7.7.45.6019, and a week earlier than initially promised, Microsoft made available for download IE9 Platform Preview 2 Build 1.9.7.7.66.6000, which is currently up for grabs via the IE Test Drive website.

According to the Redmond company, Internet Explorer 9 had reached the one-million-download milestone while in Platform Preview 1 stage. This is jaw dropping, considering that IE9 has been far from a fully fledged browser until now. And downloads are bound to pile up even more, now that the next versions of IE have evolved to Platform Preview 2, bringing to the table an array of enhancements and new features.
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IE9 at over 1 Million Downloads and Counting, Download Platform Preview 2 - Build 1.9.7.7.66.6000 - Softpedia
 

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I might download it on a VM, but not my actual machine.
 

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I was looking at this the other day and wondering whether to download or not, so far I've not done it I'll probably wait until it comes out of beta.:)
 

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Firefox has been having a lot of problems lately(Had to roll back to 3.5.9),but I don't know if that is sufficient to go back to Explorer (which I only leave on my machine because some things insist on opening it). Being in Beta it may have more than it's share of security problems (I.E. still does,what do you think all those security updates ARE FOR ??)
 

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Hannibal001 said:
Firefox has been having a lot of problems lately(Had to roll back to 3.5.9),but I don't know if that is sufficient to go back to Explorer (which I only leave on my machine because some things insist on opening it). Being in Beta it may have more than it's share of security problems (I.E. still does,what do you think all those security updates ARE FOR ??)
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What problems have you been having?
 

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I hope IE9 will support web workers, web sockets, and webgl (canvas) when it releases, otherwise I'm sticking with Chrome. I don't think they will support WebGL because the backend (OpenGL) competes with DirectX.

One thing IE has over Chrome right now is hardware-accelerated rendering. Just try viewing something like this: http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/Performance/01FlyingImages/Default.html in any other browser other than IE9.
 

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opera 10.53 has got turbo mode imo that is less buggy than previous releases
Well about IE9, i will try it out soon!
 

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Firestrider said:
I hope IE9 will support web workers, web sockets, and webgl (canvas) when it releases, otherwise I'm sticking with Chrome. I don't think they will support WebGL because the backend (OpenGL) competes with DirectX.

One thing IE has over Chrome right now is hardware-accelerated rendering. Just try viewing something like this: Flying Images in any other browser other than IE9.
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It seems to work fine in Opera 10.53.
 

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Firestrider said:
One thing IE has over Chrome right now is hardware-accelerated rendering. Just try viewing something like this: Flying Images in any other browser other than IE9.
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Running this test on Chrome and IE8 will make them choke (~4 FPS). It runs about 30 FPS on FireFox on my computer. Opera and IE9 Platform Preview runs this test at about 60FPS, with IE9 actually looking a bit more smoother than Opera.

Another test you might want to check out: Browser Flip

The way I see it, IE9 might actually close the performance gap between all other browsers. If IE9 is at least better than the Platform Preview, I might actually reconsider using IE9. Their Acid3 score for IE9 has actually been going up between these builds.
 

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is it ok to download this and try it out on my pc and is it better then ie 8 dose it run ok
 

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still i go for FF. no problem so far if your reduce the use of addon or plugin that is unnecessary.
 

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windows7user said:
Firestrider said:
One thing IE has over Chrome right now is hardware-accelerated rendering. Just try viewing something like this: Flying Images in any other browser other than IE9.
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Running this test on Chrome and IE8 will make them choke (~4 FPS). It runs about 30 FPS on FireFox on my computer. Opera and IE9 Platform Preview runs this test at about 60FPS, with IE9 actually looking a bit more smoother than Opera.

Another test you might want to check out: Browser Flip

The way I see it, IE9 might actually close the performance gap between all other browsers. If IE9 is at least better than the Platform Preview, I might actually reconsider using IE9. Their Acid3 score for IE9 has actually been going up between these builds.
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Wow, I concur (although the Flickr Explorer makes all of them look horrible.) Haven't used IE as a primary browser for years, but this is interesting.
 

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Firestrider said:
I hope IE9 will support web workers, web sockets, and webgl (canvas) when it releases, otherwise I'm sticking with Chrome. I don't think they will support WebGL because the backend (OpenGL) competes with DirectX.

One thing IE has over Chrome right now is hardware-accelerated rendering. Just try viewing something like this: Flying Images in any other browser other than IE9.
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Tried it with Chrome, 16 tabs opened.

IE8 one tab open, the numbers are exactly the same.

IE was jerking badly and Chrome was fairly smooth

Will try IE9 soon, want to see what it'll do.
 

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well.neva have a good moment with IE so far
 

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