Microsoft Releases New Web Browser

[Crusader]

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1518556720100915


It sounds interesting anyway .

[hey_moe]

Thanks for the HU...Mike

[jmig]

I'm a FoxFire man.

[Daveroo]

ill stay with my google chrome...

[FAC257]

So far I like it a lot.

In appearance it's much more streamlined and uncluttered on-screen than the W7 IE8 combo and I already thought that was a big improvement over my XP IE look.

The default W7 F11 IE keystroke clears everything off the screen except the actual web page your looking at . The tool bars go for the float up off the top of the screen. Even when on-screen they are already much smaller than the IE8 toolbars.


FAC

[n4gix]

http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN1518556720100915


It sounds interesting anyway .

The hardware acceleration is quite an achievement as well!

This video says it all...

http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/06/23/internet-explorer-9-vs-chrome-6-developer-video-speed-benchmark/

[Lionheart]

Interesting....

I have been using Safari for the past year now, coming over from Opera. Would be interesting to see a 'better' super fast, safe browser..



Bill

[demorier]

Forget the web browser...there's enough of those around. What they need to do some work on is the file manager (Explorer)....it's pretty very ordinary.

[Astoroth]

My default browser is Sea Monkey, which is a Mozilla spin-off from Firefox. I guess it's mostly Firefox, but I like the GUI a lot better.

[hey_moe]

One of the things I wished they didn't change was to move the favorites to the far right hand side of the screen. I liked it on the left side.

[FAC257]

That threw me for a little bit also at first. It's been on the left side as long as I can remember.

After working with it for a while I realized it's actually more natural feeling for it to be on the right hand side.

I don't know whether it's because I'm right handed or if it's because my mouse spends more time closer to the right hand side of the screen. :)

FAC

[stuartcox]

Not for XP! Booooooh!

[James]

I love this thing so far. I'm running Win 7, and this browser makes use of the 'glass theme' that came with the OS. It looks far better now.:jump:

[Bjoern]

From what I've heard it's better than everything else available.

[Allen]

Forget the web browser...there's enough of those around. What they need to do some work on is the file manager (Explorer)....it's pretty very ordinary.

I'll keep the very ordinary 95-XP Explorer. I got 7 on a new PC and it killing me. I'm staring all over now. Every thing I knew about Explorer is now gone. http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/images/icons/icon9.gif

[demorier]

Don't blame you Allen. I'm trying out a freeware file manager called "Free Commander" at the moment, it'll do most things very well and more. I hate the later M$ file managers.

[Allen]

Well I'm glad I got my old Gateway up and running after the OS crashed. It took me 8 months to find the one missing Restore CD. It is now 7 or 8 years old..but I wouln't trade it for any thing right now. It get me here and now I can play LAN game with the new Gateway FX.

It just how I would like it to be. The ony thing it may get soon is it final RAM upgrade to 2 GB. Its at 1GB now.

80 GB Main Drive
60 GB Slave 5$ or 10$ Flea Market. I would have like a bigger one *Who don't http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/images/icons/icon28.gif* but the price worked.
1 TB external hard-drive. I use this to recover thing off the hard-drive when the OS chashed.
D link 54 G Wireless card. Best 5$ I spen at yard sell. It was still new, not even opened.