New IE Explorer - any good?

[eventdomain]

Seen the ads on TV, and looks pretty cool, but what's the new IE browser really like?

 

[Shake27]

Its like the older ones. It's used to download other browsers

 

[eventdomain]

oh no - is it not that good then? Is the interface easier and does it include security improvements?

 

[Posilan]

It's actually very good - far better than previous versions.

Even hardcore "haters" are converting over to IE, but some people still think it's cool to hate everything "Micro$oft".

IMO Firefox is a just a big memory hog with a clunky interface these days - but everyone has their own favourite.

Steve

 

[nightmare99]

I really like IE9 (& IE10), actually its quite funny people say to me "So you work in IT but you like internet explorer? You should be using FF or chrome" makes me chuckle.

 

[mikekellner]

I'd stick with Firefox or Chrome any day

 

[TotallySport]

i also like the new IE, (I also like the ads), its quick and easy to use, which most of time is all i need, and use it more often now.

 

[NextPoint]

Internet Explorer is the web page browser that doesn't show web pages properly. I think that explains why you shouldn't use it ;-).

 

[lynxus]

Its still a little "slow" and to be honest it doesnt render some pages perfectly yet either ( not 100% html 5etc )

Anyway, I personally prefer Chrome. So much faster and seems to be much much much better with badly programmed sites.

 

[cmcp]

9 and 10 are pretty good compared with previous versions.

 

[Websitehandyman]

The are no decent browser anyone, something changed about the time they all decided to become tea makers, comfy blankets and info gatherers

 

[Talay]

Firefox has had its day in the sun and is now crap. Chrome is my No. 1 at the moment and I hated Explorer so much years ago that I cannot ever see me returning.

 

[garyk]

Chrome for me, always found IE slow, thats not slow as in page loading just the app itself is very bloated. I used to use FF but agree with others I think thats got a little bulky and slow now too.

 

[TracyWhite]

I'm a web developer, and if someone else here is as well they will probably agree with me that any IE before 9 was a nightmare. Now however I would definitely consider using it, it seems a lot better then previous versions, at least if your a developer ;p. Do use Firefox but recently is has gone silly with its updates, suddenly from FF4 a year ago we are now using FF15 and not much improvement!

 

[eventdomain]

Ahhh ok - thanks. I actually had IE9 installed already, got my PC on auto-update.

Can't see any difference compared to other IE versions hmmm. What is so different, as nothing stands out for me.

 

[Nuno]

I was looking at a new site last night, http://qz.com/ and it doesn't scroll properly with a mouse wheel on a desktop, using FF15. It's on something called "Wordpress.com VIP", (which isn't cheap, $15,000/year if you provide the hosting, but it is Enterprise level). Anyways, I checked on Chrome and Opera, both OK, but on IE9 I got a notice telling me to change browser!

Under impressed by a new site that is crap on FF and IE (most of the world), and has a sort of 1996 geek attitude of telling me what I should do...

 

[Posilan]

Can't see any difference compared to other IE versions hmmm. What is so different, as nothing stands out for me.

The biggest difference is HTML5 support. It's also a lot more standards compliant than previous versions.

Steve

 

[Brochan]

I am also finding that FF is not all that it used to be.

 

[mxtecsubs]

I don't see any improvement in IE. FireFox is the still the best for me.

 

[ITsoldUK]

I like it.

It is faster than before and 2 of my fav new additions are the tab isolation feature and good old tracking protection that I control.

Nice work Billy Boy.