• IE9 Public Preview and Statistics! (Faster than Firefox!)
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Microsoft's Internet Explorer has long been one of the longest running failures in the Microsoft world. However with IE9 they've finally started to get it together. Here's some neat facts about this [b]pre-alpha[/b] version of IE9. Acid3: [img]http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/benchmarks/Acid3/Acid3ScreenCapture.png[/img] [code]Failed 45 of 100 tests. Test 00 failed: expected 'pre-wrap' but got 'normal' - found unexpected computed style Test 01 failed: Object expected Test 02 failed: Object expected Test 03 failed: Object expected Test 04 failed: Object expected Test 05 failed: Object expected Test 06 failed: Object expected Test 08 failed: Object expected Test 10 failed: expected 'result' but got '' - toString() didn't work for attribute node Test 11 failed: when inserting <a> into Document with another child: no exception raised Test 15 failed: privilege escalation security bug: text file ran script Test 16 failed: Unexpected call to method or property access. Test 17 failed: hasAttribute failure for 'method' on form Test 18 failed: expected '10' but got '8' - DOCTYPE nodeType wrong Test 19 failed: expected '11' but got 'undefined' - document DOCUMENT_FRAGMENT_NODE constant missing or wrong Test 20 failed: null in getElementById() probably terminated string Test 22 failed: no exception for createElement('<div>') Test 23 failed: expected '5' but got 'undefined' - wrong exception for createElementNS('null', '<div>') Test 25 failed: exceptions don't have all the constants Test 26 failed: Object expected Test 27 failed: Object expected Test 29 failed: expected '2' but got '1' - cloned table had wrong number of children Test 33 failed: expected '1' but got '0' - failure 7 Test 38 failed: Object expected Test 46 failed: expected 'uppercase' but got 'none' - case a failed (index 1) Test 47 failed: expected 'auto' but got 'bogus' - control failed Test 54 failed: expected 'HIDDEN' but got 'hidden' - input control's type content attribute was wrong Test 60 failed: attribute not specified after removal Test 64 failed: expected '1' but got '0' - object is missing its only child Test 67 failed: when calling removeNamedItemNS in a non existent attribute: wrong exception raised Test 69 failed: timeout -- could be a networking issue Test 71 failed: Object expected Test 74 failed: getSVGDocument missing on <iframe> element. Test 75 failed: expected '1' but got 'undefined' - Incorrect SVGLength.SVG_LENGTHTYPE_NUMBER constant value. Test 76 failed: expected '0' but got '100' - Incorrect animVal value after svg animation. Test 77 failed: SVGTextContentElement.getNumberOfChars() not supported. Test 78 failed: Object expected Test 79 failed: Object expected Test 80 failed: Script in XHTML didn't execute Test 89 failed: orphaned bracket not considered parse error in regular expression literal Test 90 failed: /(\3)(\1)(a)/ failed to match 'cat' Test 93 failed: expected '1' but got '2' - semantics of FunctionExpression: function Identifier ... not followed Test 94 failed: expected 'pass' but got 'failing' - outer scope poisoned by exception catch{} block Test 97 failed: expected 'one' but got 'fail' - data: failed as escaped Test 98 failed: Object expected Total elapsed time: 8.43s[/code] CSS3 Selector: [img]http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/benchmarks/CSS3info/CSS3InfoScreenCapture.png[/img] SunSpider: [img]http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/benchmarks/SunSpider/SunSpiderResults.png[/img] Where can I test this? [url]http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/Default.html[/url]
Faster than firefox? oh wow.
Meh, chrome still wins, but maybe now people won't use Memory Leaking Firefox, silly memory leaking firefox.
[QUOTE=pl0xinat0r;20781049]Meh, chrome still wins, but maybe now people won't use Memory Leaking Firefox, silly memory leaking firefox.[/QUOTE] It's called a Cache. Learn what it is and what it does. There's no memory leak in Firefox. [editline]02:51PM[/editline] [QUOTE=green bandit;20781038]Faster than firefox? oh wow.[/QUOTE] Yeah but 3.7 and IE9 are nearly the same. Considering IE9 isn't even in Alpha stages yet, I say that's pretty damn impressive.
Posting from IE9 It's working kinda fine, some problems swtiching away from pages else it's faster than FF and does stuff like it should. I really hope Microsoft doesn't fuck this up.
:golfclap: Well done Microsoft. Hopefully it can make that Acid3 test pass before release and then we'll get some good browser wars going on for html5.
Sounds good that microsoft are finally making a decent browser. Now, lets see if they open up for some nice addons. Chrome did it, and got popular after the addons. So did firefox. I really hope Microsoft allows this.
IE has had add-on support for ages.
See what gets me is that Microsoft isn't shooting for the best but just better than one better them.
Oh yes, anti-aliasing on large format text. At long last. Thank god. [editline]09:40PM[/editline] They aren't shooting for the best in everything in order to be realistic. I believe they made an overview of what on average takes the longest in loading a site and then prioritised how to optimize accordingly.
[QUOTE=Panda X;20780995]However with IE9 they've finally started to get it together.[/QUOTE] Well you know, that's pretty much what they said back with IE8 as well. I frankly don't care alot about IE but i do hope they finally get at least their CSS right because fitting websites to IE was always a pain in the ass.
[QUOTE=BmB;20782032]Oh yes, anti-aliasing on large format text. At long last. Thank god. [editline]09:40PM[/editline] They aren't shooting for the best in everything in order to be realistic. I believe they made an overview of what on average takes the longest in loading a site and then prioritised how to optimize accordingly.[/QUOTE] Idk if you are making a brand new one I would shoot for the best but in the optimizations if they have to go lower sure for the optimizations but set your bar high at first.
Jesus the map zooming is so responsive, this shit is actually useful now. Wow. Fuck.
[QUOTE=BmB;20781840]IE has had add-on support for ages.[/QUOTE] Guess I'm late then, I guess I never looked for it :v:.
All those shitty toolbars are addons no?
inb4 zero-day exploit [highlight](User was banned for this post ("Meme" - Benji))[/highlight]
I seriously lol'd at in the demo at a section saying "show your ie pride with a custom t-shirt"
[QUOTE=green bandit;20781038]Faster than firefox? oh wow.[/QUOTE] it's not exactly hard, firefox is slow as a disabled snail riding a tortoise with arthritis
[QUOTE=catch33;20782338]it's not exactly hard, firefox is slow as a disabled snail riding a tortoise with arthritis[/QUOTE]Well, chrome must be as slow a child with down syndrome learning algebra
[QUOTE=Tu154M;20782103]Well you know, that's pretty much what they said back with IE8 as well. I frankly don't care alot about IE but i do hope they finally get at least their CSS right because fitting websites to IE was always a pain in the ass.[/QUOTE] Too bad if you're still designing in any remotely professional capacity you'll still be designing sites to run under IE6 for at [B]least[/B] a few more years, not to mention 7 and 8. A new browser version doesn't mean the old ones suddenly disappear.
[QUOTE=KmartSqrl;20782432]Too bad if you're still designing in any remotely professional capacity you'll still be designing sites to run under IE6 for at [B]least[/B] a few more years, not to mention 7 and 8. A new browser version doesn't mean the old ones suddenly disappear.[/QUOTE] I was so expecting a "no ur dumb" answer regarding this. I didn't say i'm just gonna ignore IE, compatibility has to be provided up to some point but still it's a pain in the ass. Doesn't mean i won't do it.
Well microsoft has damn well tried their hardest to shove the latest browser down everyone's throats so it's not like they aren't trying to make only the latest browser relevant.
Do I win? Btw I have chrome up cause I'm trying it out as it's hyped [IMG]http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/7393/lolfailk.png[/IMG]
I don't give a fuck about speed. All I care about are the addons, of which firefox has the most.
posting in ie9 :smug: It's quite slow atm
is it really worth there time making IE9? surly it would just make sense to admit defeat then repackage windows with either chrome or firefox (preferably firefox)
[QUOTE=Panda X;20780995] [img]http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/benchmarks/Acid3/Acid3ScreenCapture.png[/img] [/QUOTE] Good to know that in its current state, it's still shit. :downs:
Wow you're such a tool. On another topic the animated SVG support and javascript stuff, in concert with the html5 video stuff makes me think that mayhaps finally flash can die the horrible death it deserves. It won't be missed. [editline]10:20PM[/editline] [QUOTE=Ibutsu;20782971]Good to know that in its current state, it's still shit. :downs:[/QUOTE] Because Acid3 > functionality.
Just saying that it's only 3 marks higher than Firefox 2.0 was just over two years ago.
[QUOTE=Ibutsu;20783133]Just saying that it's only 3 marks higher than Firefox 2.0 was just over two years ago.[/QUOTE] Pre-alpha.
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