![]() ![]() To bookmark a page, you only have to click the star beside the address bar and choose a folder where you want to store the bookmark. What I miss most is a quick way to bookmark a page like in Chrome. The only problem is that I want to surf the web with a web browser and not explore Windows. When I use Internet Explorer 9, it appears to me that Microsoft's developers are really at home at Windows. After I used Chrome for a while it became obvious to me that Google's developers are really at home in the web. At first it looks quite different than in IE8, but then it is just the old interface with a new coating. New in the Tools menu is the "view downloads" feature that allows you to, uhm, view your downloads-a function that other browsers have already had for centuries.Īll in all, the new user interface is a step in the right direction but is still not as good as in Chrome. Like in Internet Explorer 8, you can make the complete menu bar visible by pressing the "ALT" key. The Tools icon contains often-used functions such as "print" and "view downloads". However, other pinned pages won't be affected by this setting.Īnother feature that reminds me of Chrome is the set of two icons in the upper right corner for "Tools" and "Favorites". So if you access this page from the Windows 7 taskbar next time, it will again be displayed in full screen mode. For instance, if you switch into full screen mode (press F11), IE saves this setting only for this one page. What is really cool about this feature is that IE9 stores the settings for pinned pages independently. Yes, I admit it I am a "one-click fetishist." Now you can open web pages or web apps just like Windows applications with a simple mouse click. So you had to right-click first on the IE icon and then choose the web page. With IE8, it was only possible to pin a web page to the "Pinned" area for the IE icon in the taskbar. You can now pin a web page directly to the Windows 7 taskbar. The "What do you want to do next page" that displayed when you open a new page has been revamped and now displays "Your most popular sites" You can also reopen closed tabs, reopen the last session, and start InPrivate Browsing.Ī new feature I really like in IE9's new user interface is the integration with Windows 7. This is helpful if you want to compare two pages using AreoSnap or if your current window is already cluttered with too many tabs. One new, useful feature is that you can now (like in other browsers) drag a tab away from the browser to open a new window with the contents of the tab. The search engine input field disappeared because it was united with the address bar (like in Chrome), but in my view there is still not enough space for the tabs. Although this also saves space, it can become a problem on a small screen (laptop or tablet) if you have many tabs open. But instead of moving the tabs to the title bar, Microsoft placed them beside the address bar. However, I do think that Microsoft's developers recognized what makes Chrome so appealing-that is, that you have more space for the web page because the menus and toolbars are arranged intelligently to save space. If you ask me, the empty title bar is just a waste of valuable screen space. While Chrome uses the title bar for tabs, Microsoft might have been too hesitant to give a Windows application a totally new look. At first you think this is just like in Chrome, but unfortunately it is not. Rival Mozilla cites Niels Leenheer’s HTML5 Test as evidence that Internet Explorer 9 is yet to implement much of the HTML5 spec, although Microsoft insists it’s only supporting the parts of the wide-ranging spec that are near completion – it’s not due to be finalised until 2014.The first thing you notice in Internet Explorer 9 Beta is that the HTML title of the web page is no longer displayed in the title bar. Microsoft is trumpeting IE9’s support for HTML5 and CSS 3, and it appears to be paying more than lip service to web standards, scoring 95 out of 100 in the now (somewhat outdated) ACID3 tests. Perhaps more out of necessity than anything else, Microsoft has finally decided to fully adhere to web standards. In our tests, it appeared to prevent some of the more intrusive banner-ad tracking we’ve been subject to on the web, although one travel agent’s adverts appeared to slip through the net. However, there’s no way for users to add other sites/services to the preset blacklist or block tracking outright (Microsoft claims this would have unwanted consequences, such as preventing embedded YouTube videos from playing). Microsoft has worked with leading privacy groups to create a blacklist of online tracking services, which users can switch on from the Safety menu. IE9 is also making efforts to thwart the current bête noir of web users: behavioural advertising. ![]()
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