Internet Explorer 9 Launched! What makes it different?

Now that Internet Explorer 9 (IE 9) has joined the league of web browsers and promises to deliver a friendly user experience, comparisons are bound to occur. However here we are not going to dwell on that, rather we are going to focus on the new features that distinguish the browser from others and may appeal to the users.

IE 9 Features for better browsing

Hardware acceleration

With IE 9, users can now witness the enhancement in the display of text and graphics. At the same time the audio and video elements will no longer take a long time to run. Users can expect a rich web experience with IE 9 as sites will appear livelier than before with such increased acceleration.

One Box

As the name suggests, it allows you to make a quick search and surf. On one hand it acts as an address bar and enables to reach the sites that you wish to visit and on the other hand it allows you to find the information by acting as a search bar and instantly producing the results.

Additional advantage: It provides control to the users to turn on or off the search suggestions.

Pin the Sites

This is an excellent feature to get back to sites that you most visit. Pinning a site is quite simple and all one needs to do is drag the site to the Taskbar. The site then can be accessed anytime by simply clicking the icon in the taskbar.

Colored Tabs

Though IE 9 had made many improvements in the tabs feature but one which is worth noting is that it aids those users who open multiple tabs at one time with its Colored tabs feature. IE 9 color codes those tabs which are related to each other in one color. Similarly other related tabs will appear in another color. It provides help to the user to go through the different web pages in an organized way.

Tracking Protection

This feature in IE 9 helps prevent the third party sites from tracking the browsing information. It provides control to the users to select the sites which can receive information and block those which pose risk to privacy.

Improvements over earlier versions

• Simple and Clean Interface: In comparison to previous versions, IE 9 presents a simple interface with more focus on sites than browser frame.

• Faster Installation: IE 9 consumes less time in installation thus allowing the user to start using the browser without any delay.

HTML 5 and CSS 3 Support

The improved version supports many features of HTML 5 and CSS 3 easing out the work of developers. Some of them are:

Drawback

One major drawback that may play against IE 9 is that it is compatible with Windows 7 and Windows Vista only.

So this was our brief overview of the latest version of the Internet Explorer and would like to expand our knowledge with comments from the readers.