After downloading the correct installer, running it takes longer than installing Chrome, Firefox, or Opera (Free, 4 stars), and, also unlike those, it requires a reboot and OS updates. The browser, however, only runs on the most recent flavors of Microsoft's operating system- Windows 7 and Vista-and there are separate installers for 32-bit and 64-bit editions. Installing IE9 is now a matter of running Windows Updates it replaces your previous version of IE. This way, developers will be able to use newer coding techniques, and users will get faster performance. Setup Microsoft has finally joined other browser makers in automatically updating IE to the latest version the OS can handle. But IE9's improved tabs, search, and unique pinned site capability that places site icons in the Taskbar, all make it a worthy successor to IE8. On two out of three JavaScript benchmarks, it's bested by both Chrome and Firefox. In some performance measures, particularly graphics manipulation tasks, IE9 has at this point been equaled or surpassed, even on its own hardware acceleration benchmarks.
For users of those OSes, it's a highly recommended upgrade.įor those concerned about privacy, Microsoft has built in the unique new Tracking Protection, which gives users more control than Chrome and Firefox's solutions to this privacy issue. The browser is available for download at, but only for users of Windows 7 and Vista. It's a huge advance from the Internet Explorers of the past in terms of speed, trimmed down interface, and HTML5 support. Its interface is IE9 is the result of an enormous effort by Microsoft's browser development team (detailed on the IEBlog), and benefited from more beta tester feedback than any previous product from the company. IE9 is still a vast improvement over its predecessor, IE8. But in the meantime, users are still expected to make due with IE9, so a re-examination of my review is warranted. And of course, the IE team at Microsoft is focused squarely on Windows 8's browser, IE10, which should address these concerns.
While other browsers have made great headway in improving support for emerging and solidifying Web standards such as HTML5 and CSS3 with numerous updates, IE9's has stood still since its release. Internet Explorer 9 has been in the wild for well over a year now, so I thought it time for some reevaluation.
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