http://www.news.com.au/technology/google-applauds-html5-features-in-ie9-excited-by-modern-browsers/story-e6frfro0-1225925504065
THERE'S something weird going in the world of the web browsers.
Despite making the most commonly-used browser in the world, Microsoft has for the most part been the critical underdog.
Internet Explorer 6 struggled to cope with the demands of the modern web user right from the start, and IE7 and IE8 didn't do enough to differentiate themselves to convince people to upgrade.
Now the software giant seems to have bounced back.
Rest assured, Microsoft's rivals in the browser market – Google, which makes Chrome, and Mozilla, which makes Firefox – won't take it lying down.
And this hippy-dippy love-in stuff gets even worse.
Lately, Microsoft has been sending the Mozilla team cakes every time they release a new upgrade for Firefox.
Cakes.
In 2005, Mozilla even let Microsoft share its web feed logo at the same time Microsoft was asking it to come on over and help work out how to make Firefox and Windows Vista play nicely together.
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9186318/IE9_5_ways_it_cuts_browser_clutter
It remains to be seen if IE9's simplified "window to the Web" aesthetic will give Microsoft back its lost browser market share.
IE9 applies the JumpList functionality to Web sites
http://www.informationweek.com/news/galleries/hardware/reviews/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=227500091&itc=ref-true
HTML5 graphics. It's a lead that won't last: Both Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome will have hardware acceleration in mainstream releases before too long." Firefox 4 gotit now."
hardware acceleration and that Firefox accelerates Windows XP, which IE9 doesn't do since it doesn't run on Windows XP. "We are faster and we were first,"
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2369239,00.asp
12 Things You Need to Know About Internet Explorer 9 Beta
1. It's Fast. Users who bailed on IE and switched to Google Chrome or Opera because they were so much faster than IE7 and 8 should know that the latest version of Internet Explorer can keep up. Not only is IE9's JavaScript performance nearly on par with its competitors, but its startup time is the best, and IE9's graphics hardware acceleration (which Firefox 4 beta 5 also offers) actually makes it faster for some Web content.
2. Forget XP. you're out of luck when it comes to trying out IE9. Microsoft takes advantage of Windows 7 and Vista's newer DirectX capabilities for graphics hardware acceleration, and some Aero desktop features in its new browser.
12. It's not perfect. still beta.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/091810-7-eleven-works-to-integrate-mobil.html?hpg1=bn
7-Eleven works to integrate Mobil business, says no to IE9
Microsoft may have released Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) into public beta but IT managers have more fundamental issues to consider than the latest internet browser.
Many businesses are still grappling with compatibility issues in IE7 and IE8 and are far more concerned with the stability of their IT environments.
7-Eleven is one such organisation.
Like many businesses, 7-Eleven’s office and mobile office environments run on Windows XP, which does not support IE9. The company looked at deploying IE8, but was forced to reconsider because vendors such as SAP do not support the browser in certain IT environments. 7-Eleven uses.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/technologylive/post/2010/09/ie9-and-windows-xp-readers-speak-out/1
"They do this KNOWING (and not caring that) their customers will be XP'd off."
