Microsoft have just released a Internet Explorer 9 developer edition at MIX 10 in Las Vagas this week. This version of IE9 has been released to great praise however this version has a very limited UI. This is a move by Microsoft so that developers can start to testing their web sites but not to be usefull enought people dont start to do this as their default browser as its still not even beta code. However there is something a little more usable by customising the home page to something other than http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive .
Step 1. Right click on the Internet Explorer 9 icon on your desktop and click on “properties”
Step 2. Add the URL you want to set as your home page on the far right of the path in the “Target:” text field then click “OK”.
Now when you click on the IE9 shorcut on your desktop you will go to the URL you typed in above and all you have to do to go back to the home page is press “F10”.
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Microsoft have just release a version of Internet Explorer 9 that you can download and run to test agianst your own sites. Unlike previous developer/technical preview version of Internet Explorer you can now run it as a standalone applications whitout it completley replaceing Internet Explorer 8.
It also seems they are going to be releasing new versions of the browser in fairly quick sucession (at least quick for Microsoft) as they say on thier web site:
“We hope to release a new version of Internet Explorer Platform Preview approximately every 8 weeks”
This might be an indication that the Microsof could be changing the update model of Internet Explorer so that they can release updated version on a more frequent schedule than even the monthly secuirty updates. While this would allow Microsoft to release new features on a regular basis it would also mean they could push out browser security updates out far more agressivly like Chrome and Firefox.
Downlaod and Install the Preview from www.IETestDrive.com
Right now the Acid 3 is only at 55/100 (IE8 was 32/100) however as Microsoft will point out that ACID is not an official test for HTML 5 compatability and is more a indication. Microsoft are obvioulsy going to work on this further and it is likley that they will improve this score over time.
Long Zheng has also tweeted that it has also looks like that Microsoft have thrown its weight behind the H.264/HTML5 video camp rather than the OGG/HTML5 video codec.
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In a recent blog post on the IEBlog (and back in november on channel 9) it would seem that Microsoft is working very hard on making Internet Explore 9 support a complete implementation of the HTML 5 (draft) specification. This combined with the Direct 2D hardware acceleration page rendering and the performance improvements in the JavaScript engine should make it a very compelling browser to use.
It is also widley expected that a version of Internet Explorer 9 will be released during MIX 2010 this year as Dean Hachamovitch will be doing a keynote for the event about all the changes and improvement in IE9 since it was talked about at PDC09. Interesting the post also say’s “his talk is sure to include a couple of surprises” so hopefully it will be a 100/100 IE9 Acid 3 rednering becuase as of Novemeber 2009 it only rated 32/100 (see below).
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