Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) Release Candidate (RC) on February 10, 2011

[Buddahfan]

That has been my experience so far.

 

[BCXtreme]

But does it support CSS3 text-shadow yet?

 

[billberry12]

Can anyone download the RC, and if so, do we have to unistall to change to RTM, or is it just an update?
Thanks,
Bill

 

[Total]

Can anyone download the RC, and if so, do we have to unistall to change to RTM, or is it just an update?
Thanks,
Bill

Just download the RC then install .. Worked for me ..

 

[ICIT2LOL]

RC ?stable

Sorry but I am a little unsavvy but is this a stable release or just a pre release "trial". Haven't had time to read through as I have to dash - work.

Will catch up later.

 

[sygnus21]

Am testing the RC as I type this.
I installed the x64 flavour (the installer would not allow me to install the 32 bit version).

That's because you're running the 64-bit version of Windows 7. If you were running a 32-bit version of Windows the 32-bit installer would be appropiate.

 

[sygnus21]

For those that want to test out IE9..... Internet Explorer 9 Test Drive

I ran Preschool in 4.097 seconds the first time, 3.711 seconds the second time.....



There are other tests/demos as well

 

[ie9]

I ran Preschool in 4.097 seconds the first time, 3.711 seconds the second time.....

CAUTION: They sing the song!! LOL

...caught me off gaurd

 

[ccya965041]

This RC build is quite good and my Flash player on 64-bit IE didn't pop up any errors
The ActiveX Filter is helpful when you go to some website that loads a lot a players,
prevent the browser crashes.

Searching in googles now is very smooth,no delays
Personally still place the tab on the same level as the address bar,
becasue it gives me the biggest browser's area(not count F11 Fullscreen Mode)

 

[Hopalong X]

I'm not a speed nut like some here.

All my browers have worked about the same speed.
No noticeable difference except IE 8 which mostly did not work.
Always a count of one- one thousand at least to open two- one thousand to load.
At least.

This one the web pages pop.

One- one thousand it is done before the second one is said.
This is on new web pages.
I cleared browsing history totally after install so it had no old internet pages to load from.

My observations aren't scientific I realize.
I don't know if it is faster than Chrome or any others but it is the fastest IE I have ever used and is competitive in speed.

No problems through the day.

I like it and will continue using.

So far so good!
Mike

I was using IE 9beta and Chrome. Speed was about the same.
Both were slower than IE 9RC loading new pages.

 

[Zardoc]

Noticed that it doesn't auto copy with links like in photobucket.

 

[sygnus21]

I ran Preschool in 4.097 seconds the first time, 3.711 seconds the second time.....

CAUTION: They sing the song!! LOL

...caught me off gaurd

Yeah perhaps I should have mentioned that

Sorry

 

[kristalsoldier]

Seriously, no one is facing a problem with the rendering of Gmail in IE9 RC?

 

[jasyn]

so i wanted to try this out but IE9 doesn't load up .. the program runs but automatically closes afterwords .. i'm wondering if it's because I have my program files setup to my 2nd hd.

is anyone else having this issue on x64?

 

[ie9]

Seriously, no one is facing a problem with the rendering of Gmail in IE9 RC?

Nothing here.

 

[kristalsoldier]

Seriously, no one is facing a problem with the rendering of Gmail in IE9 RC?

Nothing here.

Damn! Should I just uninstall and try again?

 

[wds7]

Seriously, no one is facing a problem with the rendering of Gmail in IE9 RC?

What exactly is your gmail problem ...?
Can't read ...? load slowly ..?
I just went to my Gmail account...everything seems to work fine ....

 

[Capt.Jack Sparrow]

Seriously, no one is facing a problem with the rendering of Gmail in IE9 RC?

Nothing here.

Damn! Should I just uninstall and try again?

Before that try to do a reset. Maybe there might be add-ons or Toolbar for previous version that's messing up.

 

[kristalsoldier]

Seriously, no one is facing a problem with the rendering of Gmail in IE9 RC?

What exactly is your gmail problem ...?
Can't read ...? load slowly ..?
I just went to my Gmail account...everything seems to work fine ....

OK. Here is the problem. In Gmail, the first that that catches the eye is the "Archive" button" which is in Bold (always is by default). But in the RC is seems to be blurred a bit. Secondly, when I reply to a mail, the font setting is very small. I have to go to the Font button to reset it to "normal" size. But it reverts back to the very small size the next time.

The same thing used to happen with the Beta but I fixed that by going into the compatibility setting and checking the option to use MS generated web lists. But that fix does not work in Gmail.

I did reinstall the RC, but the problem remains.

 

[kristalsoldier]

Nothing here.

Damn! Should I just uninstall and try again?

Before that try to do a reset. Maybe there might be add-ons or Toolbar for previous version that's messing up.

I don't have any tool bars set up. I'll check on the add-ons (any idea which ones may be the problem?). Thanks.