For the most part, this works well, but Microsoft’s decision to cram the search, refresh, compatibility, and stop buttons inside the address bar will make the bar difficult to use for browser windows that aren’t maximized for width. Search has now been combined with the address bar and embedded on the left, next to the forward and back buttons, which only light up when you are able to move forward or back. The loading bar at the bottom of IE is now gone as is the Search bar. Bookmarking and favorites is all contained within a small star icon. Want to print, zoom, access downloads or options? It’s all inside the settings drop-down. Google Chrome usage dips below 20 percent on desktops, while Safari, Firefox, and Internet Explorer gainĪll settings in IE9 are now located inside a single drop-down button. While IE and Chrome enjoy more popularity on the desktop, fewer people are warm to Firefox What browser choice? Microsoft is free again to ignore Internet Explorer rivals in Europe Unfortunately, for the picky and those who have already abandoned IE, there are a few things that will annoy you. For Internet Explorer users, IE9 is a monumental step forward for the browser in almost every way. Though it doesn’t appear to run faster than Chrome in many actual page loads, it certainly feels like it loads a lot faster, and that’s half the battle. The first thing we noticed when we installed IE9 was how snappy it is. We’d complain more if Microsoft didn’t also copy Chromes best feature: it’s speed and adherence to Web standards. IE9 is a blatant copy of Google’s Chrome browser, right down to its searchable address bar. Never has this been more clear than with Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9, the newest version of its exceedingly popular browser. Whenever one browser implements a popular new feature, the others seem sure to follow. While Microsoft was once content to sit on its browser throne, intense competition from Google and Mozilla has brought a plethora of innovative new features to the market. For Web addicts, the last few years have been great.
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