Latest Internet Explorer 9 Release

[Coke Robot]

Oh my gosh, I think I may have been converted back to IE...
I stopped using it in 2007 and used firefox for a couple years and then safari, but oh my, IE9 is so pretty and so fast, I have my system underclocked to 803 mhz and loaded two identical pages with safari and IE9 and I gave safari a a five second headstart and ran it with IE9 at the same time, IE loaded it faster! WOW! WOW! :shock:

 

[kristalsoldier]

I quite like IE9 too. I seem to be using it all the time instead of Chrome 10, which I was addicted to. At its release, I had some issues with how fonts (particularly in GMail) were rendered, but now it seems that this has been sorted out. I find IE9 to be quick, streamlined. I have found though that my usage habit - like how I access my Favorites etc - had to be modified a bit.

One thing I do regret in IE9 is the lack of a native spell-check. But I am now using Speckie and it seems to be working ok. I do have a number of add-ons but they don't seem to have too much of an impact on the speed and performance of IE9...yet!

 

[Night Hawk]

There are two ways to solve that one/. 1) a vbs script which can be awkward. 2) a free addon called ieSpell found at ieSpell - Spell Checker add-on for Internet Explorer

 

[akatkando]

I have been using ieSpell for years and would be hard pressed to function without it... lol!

I have been having ongoing issues with IE8 not being able to access the resore tabs from last browing session even after I have tried several of the fixes that I am about ready to try IE9 in hopes of having better luck. Right now I am totally disgusted with IE.

I am not all that good with resolving issues if hit with a snafu, so I have been kind of dragging my feet on the install of IE9 after reading some of the posts here and there covering other people's install problems. What to do, what to do?!?!?

Cathy in CA

 

[kristalsoldier]

What to do, what to do?!?!?

Cathy in CA

Just give it a shot. If you don't like it, you can always do a system restore (make sure you identify a suitable restore point), which will take you back to the problems you were/ are having with IE8. At least that way, you will be back in problems that you are at least familair with....

 

[Night Hawk]

When IE 9 went on here all settings were automatically picked up from the way they were seen on IE 8. The 3 things you go through on the initial start are keeping accelerators, choosing addon/default search providers, and the Compatibility view option other then keeping the same home page.

So far no errors or freezeups have been seen. The one thing missing now however is no longer seeing the progress indicator on the status bar when a page is loading. Apparently MS decided to do away with that for IE 9.

 

[oboedad55]

IE 9 64 Bit still cannot be set as the default browser? :banghead:

All I did was click on Yahoo and I got a window asking if I wanted to make IE my default browser.
That didn't happen for you?

That just makes Internet Explorer (32 bit) the default browser. If you click a link in an e-mail or any thing else that launches IE from Windows 7 the 32 bit version will launch, not the 64 bit version. Windows 7 64 bit has both versions of IE but Microsoft won't let you set the 64 bit version as default.

I found a way to make this work, no registry hacks, etc. I just renamed the Internet Explorer directory in program files (x86), then copied over the IE dir from program files. Works great, all links open in IE9 x64. This is easy to do and easy to undo. No harm, no foul.

 

[Night Hawk]

How the 64bit flash player for the 64bit browser situation when seeing the 64bit made default? This is where you get stumped and will often need the 32bit version of IE.

 

[oboedad55]

How the 64bit flash player for the 64bit browser situation when seeing the 64bit made default? This is where you get stumped and will often need the 32bit version of IE.

No problems with it here. I don't use flash fullscreen so I can't speak to that. Java works fine too.

 

[Night Hawk]

I haven't seen any prompting for anything other then the latest Adobe Reader since IE 9 went on suggesting it is using what was already on for runtime and flash for the 32bit anyways. We're all still waiting for a 64bit flash player however.

Surprising both the 32bit and 64bit alike do see the home page load up like lightning at times. Pow! page open! That was the first thing to note with the comparisons to be made over 8.

 

[oboedad55]

I just did a clean install of Windows 7 x64 and on of the first things I did was install IE9. The last version I used was the RC and for reasons I never figured out, it caused a general system slowdown. Ths RTM doesn't seem to suffer from that. I'm pretty impressed with it. I'm especailly tickled that I found a way to make the 64 bit version the default. I'm no MS engineer, but their reasoning for making the 32 bit version the default seems specious at best to me.

 

[Night Hawk]

Well for the most part what has seen the longest time in use? Not the 64bit browsers but the 32bit! Many sites are geared mostly for the 32bit IE. The trend for 64bit is there while the web still has to play catch up as well as software companies.

Too many sites are still wrapped heavily around the IE 6 32bit standards despite most being far past using it! 64bit browsers at this time are still an option found in the 64bit OS only. This is why the 32bit remains the default for the time being anyways.

 

[oboedad55]

I'm guessing you're a Linux user by your sig. I've been running 64 bit Linuxes for a while now with no problems. In fact, they run better on my system. I've had no issues with the browsers which, of course, are all 64 bit. Maybe I don't hang on the right web sites, but I have had no issues with 64 bit IE. Could you point me to a site(s) that cause 64 bit browsers problems?

 

[Night Hawk]

Simply find a site that requires a flash player for the 64bit browser not just for the 64bit OS. It's not so much about web surfing but where there's a lack of a 64bit player for the 64bit browser when required for online multimedia for example. This is where the 32bit browser is then found in need.

Fortunately someone seems to have come up with an alternate for seeing flash work on the 64bit browsers?! How to Get Adobe Flash for 64 bit Browsers | eHow.com

 

[oboedad55]

I haven't needed the 32 bit flash in a while. I've been using the latest beta with no problems, especially in Windows. I got it here: Adobe Flash Player "Square" | 64-bit support - Adobe Labs

If you try it please post back with your impressions.

 

[Night Hawk]

I saw that and was going to give it a good lookover. Since I have other browsers on as well I downloaded both of the Windows versions seen there.

 

[glenda17]

Its not only flash, Adobe Acrobat X doesn't work with the 64bit IE9 either, long ways to go before the 64bit browser is useful.

 

[Night Hawk]

It's not that's not useful but simply not seeing everything the 32bit browser has available. You will likely find it can be just a little more secure due to that fact as well since most malwares are geared to slip past the 32bit browser while some may not able to execute with the 64bit architecture.

 

[oreo27]

So, I'm guessing IE9 RTW will be released in WU tomorrow?

 

[alphanumeric]

All I did was click on Yahoo and I got a window asking if I wanted to make IE my default browser.
That didn't happen for you?

That just makes Internet Explorer (32 bit) the default browser. If you click a link in an e-mail or any thing else that launches IE from Windows 7 the 32 bit version will launch, not the 64 bit version. Windows 7 64 bit has both versions of IE but Microsoft won't let you set the 64 bit version as default.

I found a way to make this work, no registry hacks, etc. I just renamed the Internet Explorer directory in program files (x86), then copied over the IE dir from program files. Works great, all links open in IE9 x64. This is easy to do and easy to undo. No harm, no foul.

It will be interesting to see what happens when windows update tries to patch IE. That could mess things up or give you a lot of failed updates.