Something good coming to IE

smarteyeball · 19 Dec 2010

It's still in beta, but is available for download.

Fayla · 19 Dec 2010

If I remember correctly, IE8 was going to have in-private browsing as the default setting for IE. However, marketers complained a whole lot and made sure that didn't go down (Microsoft need their advertisers support.)

This addition won't make me change to IE, esp. since I don't trust active-x type web-browsers (IE, etc) anymore and never well again. Maybe if IE removes active-x and switches to an addon system like Mozilla browsers have... then I'd use it :)

Frank1 · 20 Dec 2010

Has anyone heard anything about when the next beta of IE9 will be coming out?

Gornot · 20 Dec 2010

There is already a leaked build found by one of our members, it is posted here

yowanvista · 20 Dec 2010

coldy said:

okay notice alot of comments about IE9 is that finalise yet and not beta?
also with IE9 is it available for download yet?

IE9 is still a beta at this stage
https://www.sevenforums.com/browsers-...a-release.html

fseal · 20 Dec 2010

Lost Colonist said:

This addition won't make me change to IE, esp. since I don't trust active-x type web-browsers (IE, etc) anymore and never well again. Maybe if IE removes active-x and switches to an addon system like Mozilla browsers have... then I'd use it :)

1) All you need to do is turn off Active-X and ther are no more problems. Just like turning off Java. Very few sites use it and those that do you can't work with other browsers anyway.

2) IE has had plugins for YEARS. In fact it was an IE plugin that started the entire tab revolution. However in any browser, FF especially, plugins are by far your biggest security threat as they are generally "engineered" by people and in locations that have much poorer security consciousness and code review processes than the actual browser itself.

Kit · 20 Dec 2010

Sorry, but i don't think this is going to make me switch to IE just like that, I've used every major browser like IE8, an IE9 beta, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Opera, and out of all of them I like Chrome the most now, i don't know why it just FEELS better than all the rest.

Before you think anything odd i just keep the other browsers around for when my family members want to use my computer because we all have different tastes, that and I used them to check websites I coded when i was in a website design class.

brooksters · 27 Dec 2010

ie has addons that blow compared to the user submitted addons for firefox, ie does not have nor will they ever have the fantastic collection of addons that firefox has, I've looked at ie addons several times and although they are better now, for me personally as a user, compared to the selection I can get at firefox there is absolutely no comparison between the quality of the addons between the 2 browsers

Gornot · 28 Dec 2010

That 's because the majority of such users immediately labeled IE as crap and never even bothered to try it out, let alone develop an extension.

yplim2300 · 29 Dec 2010

when will official IE 9 be launched?