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Internet Explorer 9 Beta |
carkitter
Joined: Apr 29, 2005
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From: Auckland, NZ
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Download IE9 Beta here
(Sync bookmarks from Chrome to IE9 instructions at the bottom of this page)
Great new minimalist interface, favourite sites page, integrated security features - everything Opera, Chrome and Firefox have been doing better than IE is now turned on its head. IE9 Beta is fast too, thanks to hardware acceleraton.
Who's using it?
Note: not seeing the smilie icons on the 'write a post' page.
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Bonovox
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I heard from a friend of mine in a pc store saying IE 9 will be twice as fast.
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carkitter
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It's certainly fast - definately Chrome fast, maybe faster. I'm browsing via a 2.5Mbps+ 3G connection and pages appear instantly/in 2-3s but it's the new W7-style UI I like the best. And the Security features that warn you about dodgy webpages which is built-in not an extension. It's database is still being filled at present but it shows Microsoft is on the right track - finally. If WP7 gets this sort of design quality built-in it should be a cracker.
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Bonovox
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Am just downloading it now I am currently using Chrome. Is it possible to import everything from Chrome?
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carkitter
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It doesn't offer to import bookmarks. I've just manually added a few sites.
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Bonovox
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I just using it now it is very fast but no smilies. How long till it's the finished product?? And why no smilies??
[ This Message was edited by: Bonovox on 2010-09-17 00:17 ] Phone?? What phone?? |
carkitter
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I can see the smilies in the thread though.  Back to manually typing BBcode - not necessarily a bad thing. The shortcuts were making me lazy. 
Perhaps the missing smilies is something Laffen could tweak 
IE9 has a break-symbol to the right of the 'one box' address bar which switches into IE8 compatibility mode in case you find a page which won't work properly, and it remembers to switch into compatibility mode each time you return to that page - nice, 
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Bonovox
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I see the smilies now too  but something odd is happening the text screen is one side of the screen on the right & some of the smilies go off screen as I type 
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carkitter
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Nothing odd here, just the missing BBcode shortcut icons on the Post reply page, otherwise everything renders well. Are you using W7 or Vista?
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Bonovox
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Windows 7 Premium 64 bit. Everything is fine except when I type the box window is too the right and the smilies go off to the left of the screen as I type. Odd. Edit. Chat more tomorrow mate I gotta go sleep now. Thanks for that
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carkitter
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I'm using it on W7 Professional 32-bit on my Vaio. Haven't tried it on my 64-bit PC yet. Catch you later mate.
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fluke9
Joined: Oct 31, 2006
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From: Sarf Lundun UK
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So can you now make it open all links in a new tab like firefox???
Its the main thing I dislike about IE, you cannot force all new windows to open in a new tab.
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centur
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From: Bulgaria
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I tried the new IE9, vision is more enjoyable. However, Firefox (3.6.10) is faster than IE9.
There is already a new feature in IE9:
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Bonovox
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I found Firefox so slow only thing I liked about it was the times. But I like this new IE its good. So many previous versions were slow
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carkitter
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On 2010-09-17 00:48:41, Bonovox wrote:
...Is it possible to import everything from Chrome?
Yes!
In Chrome 6.0.472.55:
Click on the Spanner icon, click Bookmark Manager.
Click Organise, select Export Bookmarks... from the list.
Name and save the Bookmark file.
in IE9:
Click on the Star icon.
Click on the arrow(V) next to Add to Favourites...
Click Import and Export.
Select Import a File and click Next.
Select Favourites and click Next.
Browse to the location of the Chrome Bookmarks file you saved, and click Next.
Select a Destination Folder and click Import.
Click Finish.
[ This Message was edited by: carkitter on 2010-09-18 07:27 ] |
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