IE9 beta available

[JoeP517]

See Internet Explorer 9 Beta.

NOTE: For Vista or Windows 7 only. Sorry XP users.

Joe

[tfspry]

PC Mag review ....
Internet Explorer 9 Beta

[chowur]

You can check out the new Internet Explorer 9 here;How to Geek Enjoy all.

[t8ntlikly]

Now available for download
From here: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/i...h=a&browser=ie

Moderators I tried inserting this as a link but it was not working. I am trying out IE 9 Beta

[Medico]

Downloaded both 32 Bit and 64 Bit editions. Will have to wait for the weekend to try. Thanks to all.

[t8ntlikly]

So far I like it. I really like the tear off tabs. I do crosswords, and now I have Bing pinned to the taskbar. NICE! Banking sites working as well as other pay sites.

Microsoft mentions that "......Facebook and several other big-named web sites have been designed to take advantage of the new browser.......", but when I first went to facebook after installing IE9 I got a popup from Facebook stating I needed to update my browser.

[t8ntlikly]

Here is what I am seeing so far, and both have to do with toolbars.
This morning I had what I perceived as a toolbar problem. It turned out that it wasn't. What I did was to turn off the Bing toolbar; to see if that made a difference.
When I went to turn the toolbar back on, I had to search around for it. I found it by right clicking on the back/forward buttons? Yup! But only after I had closed the browser and brought it back up again. Weird, but this is Beta!
The next thing I am reporting is; I have facebook and Woody's Lounge pinned to the taskbar, and when I click on them to open, my Bing tool bar does not appear at all.
Again. weird but it is Beta.

[JoeP517]

From MSDN: Pinned Sites:

"The pinned site window automatically starts an isolated instance of Internet Explorer that runs in a special mode (note that Browser Helper Objects and other toolbars are not enabled in this Internet Explorer mode). "

Joe

[petesmst]

So far, so good....(Using 64-bit version, - - like)!

[t8ntlikly]

From MSDN: Pinned Sites:

"The pinned site window automatically starts an isolated instance of Internet Explorer that runs in a special mode (note that Browser Helper Objects and other toolbars are not enabled in this Internet Explorer mode). "

Joe

Thanks Joe

[philav]

Downloaded IE 9 beta last night. All working good except as noted below (I think.) I was told it would be faster so it was easy to talk myself into it being faster. Space saving feature is good. Easy download. Right clicking TOOLS (the gear wheel) will give options for Command Bar, Favorites Bar and Status Bar plus, if you like.


But, I don't understand: I can only select a tab (go from one tab to another), or close a tab with it's "x" when the window is maximized (double boxes.) When the window is set with single box, even if full screen, I must double click a tab to close it and then the window also maximizes (double boxes.) Same for both 64 and 32 bit IE 9.

Has anyone else seen this? If yes, what id you do? Live with it? Is that the way it's suppose to work?

Phil

[JoeP517]

Right clicking TOOLS (the gear wheel) will give options for Command Bar, Favorites Bar and Status Bar plus, if you like.


But, I don't understand: I can only select a tab (go from one tab to another), or close a tab with it's "x" when the window is maximized (double boxes.) When the window is set with single box, even if full screen, I must double click a tab to close it and then the window also maximizes (double boxes.) Same for both 64 and 32 bit IE 9.

Right click on any of the icons (home, favorites, or tools) and you should get the options you stated. If you don't have too many tabs you can also right click in a blank area between the last tab and the home icon for the same menu.

I don't see the tab behavior at all. I can use any of CTRL+W, click on the "X", right click and select "Close Tab" to close a tab no matter what the size/orientation of IE. Also, I can select any tab or use CTRL+TAB to switch between tabs.

Joe

[philav]

Joe, thanks for reply. CTRL+W, right click and select "Close Tab" to close a tab, and CTRL+TAB to switch between tabs works fine no matter what the size/orientation of IE. But click on the "X", depress mouse wheel to close tab, and click on tab to select it will only work when maximized (double boxes.)

I keep thinking there has to be a setting that's wrong!

I'm hopeing you or someone else hears of similar behavior or sees this post and has an idea.

Thanks.

[Medico]

Joe, thanks for reply. CTRL+W, right click and select "Close Tab" to close a tab, and CTRL+TAB to switch between tabs works fine no matter what the size/orientation of IE. But click on the "X", depress mouse wheel to close tab, and click on tab to select it will only work when maximized (double boxes.)

I keep thinking there has to be a setting that's wrong!

I'm hopeing you or someone else hears of similar behavior or sees this post and has an idea.

Thanks.

I am not seeing this problem with Click on X, and Click on Tab to select ot. Depressing my mouse wheel does not do anything with the tabs on my system.

So far no major problems with IE 9. Seems quick, although not significantly more than IE 8. I could not live without my Favorites bar and Command bar so I did turn them on. The little box at the bottom asking me to turn off add ons to speed things up is a little irritating. I do not have many add ons loaded so I do not wish to do this.

[t8ntlikly]

I am not seeing this problem with Click on X, and Click on Tab to select ot. Depressing my mouse wheel does not do anything with the tabs on my system.

So far no major problems with IE 9. Seems quick, although not significantly more than IE 8. I could not live without my Favorites bar and Command bar so I did turn them on. The little box at the bottom asking me to turn off add ons to speed things up is a little irritating. I do not have many add ons loaded so I do not wish to do this.

Ted,
I don't have the problem with the Add Ons anymore. Since I can't see the pop up Im going to wing this. Yesterday it popped up, so I clicked on it and it showed me the add ons. One in there i wasn't using so I turned it off. At the bottom is a slider, that you can set to what ever you want. So if your pop up load time is rated at .2 or what ever you can set the slider to .3. That way you dont get the pop up.
Like I said I did this yesterday and dont have the pop up in front of me.

Here Ted, maybe this will help