If this is true, we may be looking at a real resurgence by Microsoft in the browser wars. It could be that the much beleaguered Internet Explorer is on the route to becoming usable, if you can believe it.
ZDnet managed to snipe a screenshot and the text from a Microsoft Russia post about the upcoming Internet Explorer 9 before it was pulled from the website. It contained this image:
Now that is very interesting, and very fresh. Let’s get into what ZDNet managed to extract (using Bing translate of course) from the now long gone Russian text:
- The design ethic is to make the most room for the website that the user is browsing.
- Many menu buttons have been consolidated into a single one, lowering clutter and user confusion.
- There will be “tear-off tabs” which seems to be a simple way to line up two different web pages side by side on your screen.
- Browsing directly from the Windows Taskbar into IE9, somehow saving time. This part is vague.
Well there you have it ladies and gentleman, what we know so far. Of course, the big launch day is September 15 for the beta, so all our questions will be answered then. Until that day, gawk that screenshot and decide if you like where Microsoft is going.
So a transparent google chrome? How original
I hear your argument, but you have to admit that the layout has a certain charisma to it.
Isn’t Google Chrome a minified Mozilla Firefox? There’s no need to reinvent the wheel.
Notice that under popular now is Kinect. So I would think that this screenshot was taken around the time of e3.
IE has always been my browser of choice (only because I hate over loading my PC with a bunch of different apps that do the same thing — hate bloat). Recently, though, I’ve been playing with Chrome and taking a liking to it.
If this is truly what IE9 is going to look like, I’d say they’ve taken a “less is more” lesson from Chrome. Looking forward to playing with it when it comes out.
What’s up SG, I would rec Chrome as hard as I can, it’s my fav. But yeah, the less is more feel is very welcome, esp after IE 7.
I only knew of one browser which is unbeatable. Google Chrome. Very useful for web developers and:
1. fast
2. easy to understand for non techy individuals.
Perfect score for Google Chrome.
Yep! Writing this on Chrome 6, just waiting to be shunted over to Chrome 7.
That actually looks good.
Agreed!
IE9 has hardware accelerated rendering through DirectWrite and Direct2D. It will render at GPU speed, 20-50x faster than anything else on the planet.
I think IE 9 Is Best and Great and Very Helpful for surfing and browsing
So what will happen when you have more than three tabs open?
Everyone just copies Opera nowadays, why not just get the real thing?
i think mozilla is best all over and for ever, well….. opera not bed also.