iE9 - unleash a more beautiful web

He who knows when he can fight and when he cannot, will be victorious.

Sun Tzu 

I'm beginning to love Internet Explorer 9 as my days of usage is counting up. Sometimes less is more, ie9's minimalist appearance is wayyyyyy attractive than to Google chrome's minimalist theme. Microsoft has made a true revamp from what has been the trademark of ie since its advent on the version 6, where clutter is always the x-factor, most especially to those branded PCs where toolbars for antivirus and search engines are always incorporated to internet explorer.

internet explorer 9's fresh cut

google chrome's late night theme

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Cheer up ie aficionados! Although ie9 is still on its beta version, it seldom crashes (based on my experience usage of 2 weeks now). A Plus on this newest version was 

the power of the browser's address bar to serve as search box redirecting to whichever is your default search engine(just like Chrome). If Bing is your default search engine or Google; this browser flawlessly return search results upon typing keywords (or searches) on the address bar itself. Not to intensify the fire that Bing is advancing as a search engine, trying to compete closely now with the big G.

The tools menu has been simplified as well, and yes the Internet Options tab is still there. Big bonus though is the addition of Safety Browsing (aka incognito mode in Chrome) and not say the least, a download manager has been imparted too. (yey!). Another cool about iE9 is its focus on HTML5 - the ever growing mark up language for the web.

When it comes to speed as a browser, i'd still choose Chrome for it's super savvy speedo delivery in loading up a website (could it be probable that since  i mostly use google services such as reader, mail, blogger, buzz, etc; the loading of pages is much faster? yep! i can feel the difference when i load up my blog from Chrome and from iE9, leaving the latter a lil bit late yet the obviousness is simply felt. I think it has something to do with caching.

You have nothing to lose when you try this iE9's beta. It's definitely worth a try to put some spice on your routinary browsing experience with chrome or firefox.  The tag line for iE9 is - "unleash a more beautiful web". so if you fancy clicking a beautiful and impressive browser. Go ahead and click the link below.

DOWNLOAD Internet Explorer 9 Beta.

~mAc