Google Maps is like 3x smoother in IE9 than Chrome dev channel.
The fuck?
[QUOTE=ilolled;28628523]Google Maps is like 3x smoother in IE9 than Chrome dev channel.
The fuck?[/QUOTE]
I have the same issue.
[QUOTE=pawelte1;28619966]I'm using Opera, thus I'm a dumbass.[/QUOTE]
lol man ur so dumb lol u got dumbosyndrome? XDXDXD
[QUOTE=Panda X;28628611]I have the same issue.[/QUOTE]
I don't even know if it's an issue. I think Microsoft just stepped up their AJAX game :v:
I seriously thought that was chrome for a second, before seeing the IE about page
Will download this to make Steam store/browser more efficient.
[QUOTE=Im Crimson;28628734]Will download this to make Steam store/browser more efficient.[/QUOTE]
no
[QUOTE=Im Crimson;28628734]Will download this to make Steam store/browser more efficient.[/QUOTE]
They switched over to WebKit a while back.
[QUOTE=Panda X;28628783]They switched over to WebKit a while back.[/QUOTE]
But they are unfortunately still suffering performance issues :|
Uses less ram than firefox and starts up twice as fast.
I kind of like it.
They've finally caught up with what Google gave us three years ago!
So is it any better and if so, why should I use it over Firfox beta 4?
Meh too much trouble to update.
[editline]16th March 2011[/editline]
[QUOTE=Karl L;28629370]Uses less ram than firefox and starts up twice as fast.
I kind of like it.[/QUOTE]
Really?
[QUOTE=Panda X;28628036]MSE uses IE/Trident. Since you were replacing the files it had to shut it down. It restarts everything though.[/QUOTE]
And it still makes you restart even though it was already updated? :colbert:
As a typical end user good with computers, yes IE9 doesn't matter. As a web developer, it is magical rainbows and happiness shit out of unicorns and whatnot. It matters for me that Microsoft's bothered because that means the baseline for web development can be raised. [url=http://ie6countdown.com/]Microsoft agrees[/url] - IE6 needs to die. No thanks to South-East Asian countries.
The Acid3 test doesn't matter - "Acid3 is a scattergun test. It's not systematic—you can implement a high proportion of a particular specification and not pass the test, or a much lower proportion but still pass—and though many of the features it tests are useful, that's probably not the case for everything, and it's certainly not testing the one hundred most useful HTML5 features or anything like that." ([url=http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/03/ie9-standards-and-why-acid3-isnt-the-priority.ars]Source[/url]).
But then you might cry - oh no! What about WebSockets?! VP8?! Fucking retarded MPEG whatever group and their shitty patents! Where is 100% CSS3 support?! Well, no. Microsoft doesn't want to adopt unfinished specifications - you're not the target market for Microsoft. IE users are obviously much less likely to be updating, especially in corporate environments. Think about it - it's the same thing with IE6. Web developers scream bloody murder whenever they're tasked with something involving IE6 (well and IE7/8 but to a lesser extent), and that's because of the different things they need to account for, just to target IE6. Which people refuse to move off. By taking the conservative approach here with simply omitting what isn't ready for prime time yet, it means there won't be another repeat of... IE6.
The address bar - not everyone types in URLs like Mister Oh-wow-I'm-so-cool-because-I-type-http://en.wikipeda.org/wiki/Article-directly-into-the-address-bar-without-Google. Most less tech illiterate people I see will try and directly type words into the address bar; it worked for Chrome, too. As for tabs - well gee, having one tab on its own row is a nice use of space isn't it? And as has been said, you can put them on their own row. And also, reminder - more tech illiterate people don't care about the address bar. The domain matters, yes, but there's also things like a green background for SSL. And it being too small? Come on, do you really use a browser shrunk to about 640x480? People on those kinds of monitors wouldn't be on Vista/7. And probably not XP either.
Feel free to try refute my arguments or something idk
[editline]16th March 2011[/editline]
Less thoughtful post writing time:
[QUOTE=rieda1589;28619681]As much as I appreciate their effort to implement modern web standards, It isn't enough.
It just screams IE6 again to me (CSS2). It has new features but they aren't complete or anywhere near competing browsers. (HTML5/CSS3 and still some CSS2)
I was pretty optimistic before the RC, I thought they would actually make an effort to make a good browser. But nope.
Sure, it beats IE6/7/8 but it should do, they're all over at least 2 years old now.
[editline]15th March 2011[/editline]
It still fails Acid 3... What the fuck IE.[/QUOTE]
Hi where are your posts in webdev section
Still like Chrome better. :colbert:
[QUOTE=a2h;28633027]Hi where are your posts in webdev section[/QUOTE]
webdev section is full of massive dicks, I hate most of facepunch.
I also realise that post makes me a dick, but whatever.
If you don't think IE9 is just another IE6 a few years later on down the line then have fun supporting it in another 10 years when it doesn't properly follow CSS3 specs, just as IE6 doesn't follow CSS2 specs.
My friends are happy. They use IE 9 beta right now and i got them to use IE 9 because they hate firefox and chrome and all other browsers.
They are glad that beta is over but i still go with firefox.
[QUOTE=MAspiderface;28619051]people who have half a brain use firefox or chrome.[/QUOTE]
People who have half a brian use firefox. People who have a brain don't, instead the use opera/chrome/etc.
[B]COME AT ME BRO[/b]
I like opera best, very fast, easy, straight forward. Plus opera users are a rare breed it seems because people are way too lazy to tkae 5 seconds to eye buttons, or to even get it in the first place.
[QUOTE=J!NX;28633123]Plus opera users are a rare breed it seems because people are way too lazy to tkae 5 seconds to eye buttons, or to even get it in the first place.[/QUOTE]
I use Firefox, but:
[QUOTE=a2h;28487317][img]http://cl.ly/3M3d0n0A1Q1X2A360K3N/hwo_to_use_teh_operae.png[/img]
me no comprehendo?[/QUOTE]
I've been using it for like a month or two now. Its really not that bad.
[url]http://people.mozilla.com/~prouget/ie9/ie9_vs_fx4.html[/url]
Has this been posted yet?
No it seems.
Now watch mozilla release 10+ RCs for FF4 so they can be better
[QUOTE=Skorpy;28633254][url]http://people.mozilla.com/~prouget/ie9/ie9_vs_fx4.html[/url]
Has this been posted yet?
No it seems.[/QUOTE]
Well
[quote]In 2011, IE9 now supports Canvas, Video, Geolocation and SVG. Firefox came with Canvas and SVG 5 years ago, Video and Geolocation 2 years ago.[/quote]
Modern doesn't mean who came first
[quote]Platform supported
IE9: Windows Vista/7.
Firefox 4: Windows Vista/7, Windows XP, GNU/Linux, Mac OS, Android.[/quote]
Modern doesn't mean you have to support everything and old things too
[quote]What's missing in IE9?
compared to Firefox 4
WebGL, MathML, Web Workers, HTML5 Forms, JavaScript Strict Mode, CSS3 Transitions, SVG Filters, foreignObject, text-shadow, SMIL animations, File API, History API, XMLHttpRequest Level 2, FormData, CSS3 Gradients, border-image, columns, classList API, Drag'n Drop from Desktop, Flexible Box Model, App Cache (offline), IndexedDB, ...[/quote]
Modern doesn't mean supporting draft specifications
The Geolocation seems to be wrong compared to all the other browsers, other than that, IE9 is pretty good.
You know. This is actually not half bad. I hope my college upgrades to it, as I will then have less reason to berate people on a computing course for using a browser they admit sucks ass (IE 8 I would guess by now) compared to the other ones installed.
[QUOTE=a2h;28633279]Well
Modern doesn't mean who came first
Modern doesn't mean you have to support everything and old things too
Modern doesn't mean supporting draft specifications[/QUOTE]
Yea but IE is still far behind.
I'm testing it out right now, and to be honest I'm pretty impressed. Seems to be on par with Chrome for speed really, and it even uses less screen real estate which are the main two reasons I use chrome. My only gripe is that the tabs are to the right of the address bar, which seems silly. Chromes layout is the nicest, and it also looks more consistent when the favourites bar is visible.
Seems to use less memory than Chrome as well.
Installing it required closing all programs, including Windows Expoorer. Then I had to restart Windows and configure updates for about ten minutes. Then it broke my iTunes and I had to reinstall it.
I don't recommend it.
Why not just put the tabs in that empty space above where they are right now, like chrome.
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