IE9

[Shack]

Yep. The webpage down load and mostly rich flash based or generated templates take several seconds to 10 seconds longer. Downloads I did not see much until working with a machine (fresh install Win 7) and grabbing an app that took 15 seconds in IE9 and minutes before the same app downloaded instantly on another of the same PC/network but the user/client uses & prefers Chrome.

For good measure to free up on background processes Start>Search"Features">TurnWindowsFeaturesOnorOff>uncheckIE>Reboot. If I recall you can not or should uninstall IE. If FireFox (happened to me with FF) or Chrome ever fails you need it to get back online. No need to have it running in the background though. You can turn on or off other features like PC Tablet if you do not use this or turn on server/network related feature. You will have a little wait and have to reboot.

[SledNeck]

I've been giving IE9 a speed test run for a week or two and I'm going back to Chrome. I tested it side-by-side with Chrome and there is no comparison when I open the applications. I think I could open and close and open and close Chrome about a half-dozen times in the same time it takes IE9 to open. Once I'm past that and the browser is running, it is faster than previous revisions but Chrome is still on top. My OS is Vista Home Premium 32-bit.

first off get rid of vista

[Shack]

Vista for the single PC home user was not that bad. I had both HP32 (2006-2007) and UL64 till 2009. Never really had an issue I could remember. I say keep the Vista and dump the IE9. Just bugs me that MS will hype up a new release and all it turns out to be is a polished up version of the last edition. I really bought into IE9 being a good browser and one of the top ones finally. It ain't going to happen this go round.

I keep forgetting to bring the number one "fail" IE has had going for years now. Researching browsers since around IE6 there has been one thing that has stood out again and again about Internet Explorer. Security. One of the things that sent me looking after years of dedication to IE, or years of my pure laziness actually, was the rise and being infected with web page fuel viruses. I have always run at least a couple teers of protection but "things" and popups were getting by still. I still see IE comes in low, again, at the 2011 Pwn2Own :

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The Most Secure Web Browser of 2011

BY STEVEN_MCELWEE | MARCH 19, 2011

Anti-Virus Digest

The results are in. Pwn2Own, the 2011 hacker conference, has finished. In a February post, I predicted that Chrome would stand out as the most secure browser. This was based on a number of factors. First, Chrome has been at the leading edge of browser security features. Second, Chrome’s frequent, silent updates show Google’s attention to quickly patching security flaws. Third, Google pitched in an extra $20 thousand in prize money to anyone who could compromise Chrome. They would not have made this bold challenge if they were not confident in Chrome’s security.

Four web browsers were challenged: Microsoft Internet Explorer; Apple Safari; Mozilla Firefox; and Google Chrome. Both Safari and Internet Explorer fell quickly. They were compromised significantly – to the extent that an attacker could write files on the hard drive of the computer.

The clear winners were Chrome and Firefox. Neither of these browsers were compromised. Both stood up to the challenge of some of the worlds brightest security researchers at Pwn2Own.

So what should you do, knowing that Chrome and Firefox are the most secure browsers?

Change your browser. Web browsers are free and are highly interoperable. You can download Chrome or Firefox easily, install it, and set it as your default web browser. Internet Explorer will still sit on your computer, if you need to use it. Changing your web browser will make a dramatic improvement in the security of your computer, since it will be less likely to become infected by malicious web sites you visit.

Keep your computer and browser up-to-date. All web browsers experience security vulnerabilities. Apply patches automatically or at least as soon as possible to patch security flaws as soon as a fix is available.

Watch out for plug-ins. Your browser may be secure, but your plug-ins may be vulnerable. Limit your use of plug-ins to those you trust, and keep them up-to-date.

Be careful about the web sites you visit. It is unfortunate when a good web site is infected with bad content that spreads to your computer. This is hard to avoid. But you can avoid web sites that are more likely have malware. Watch out for file sharing and social networking sites where users post their own content. Hackers like to use these sites because they can easily post their own malware.

If you are not using Chrome or Firefox, download one of them and give it a try. Please let me know what you think in the comments below.

[SledNeck]

Vista is the worst operating system I ever used. Never got a freeze up or stall with windows 7 in almost a year and it's the same PC I had vista on.

[spearchucker]

Vista is the worst operating system I ever used. Never got a freeze up or stall with windows 7 in almost a year and it's the same PC I had vista on.

I like Windows 7 and use it, but never had a problem with Vista at all.

I use mostly Chrome, but I just don't have the speed problems with IE9 on my machines. The kids and wife use it, but it has crashed a couple times.

[pureinsanity]

Number Two: The speed. Funny how milliseconds or fractions of a second can matter after using something faster for a period of time.

I assume/hope you are speaking about the time it takes to open the browser...Not load content on a page.....

[Scott K]

I noticed IE9 isnt playing well with my Yahoo mail account.

[pureinsanity]

I think that is your yahoo account You should open a Gmail

[Scott K]

I think that is your yahoo account You should open a Gmail

It is to much hassle to switch, as i use it for my work account as well. I literally have 1000's of customers that I would need to notify to let them know I was switching, then I would need to assure they knew I was switching. To much of a hassle!

[spearchucker]

Try the new beta version of Yahoo Mail. This is a link you click on in your mail that will switch you to the beta yahoo mail. A little different look but it seems to work well in IE9.

[upnorth]

I have used Vista and Windows 7, both mainly took getting used to the new interface. But I do know no place I worked at would touch rolling out Vista and we started rolling out 7 and wound up having to downgrade to XP as a few of our apps won't run or won't run properly on 7.

[spearchucker]

I have used Vista and Windows 7, both mainly took getting used to the new interface. But I do know no place I worked at would touch rolling out Vista and we started rolling out 7 and wound up having to downgrade to XP as a few of our apps won't run or won't run properly on 7.

I know, but business and home use are 2 different things.

[upnorth]

O I agree.

[BobT]

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first off get rid of vista

I guess I've never really understood all the hatred for Vista. I personally have had zero issues in the four years that I've been using it. I'm not an IT professional by any sense and only use it on a single home desktop. We also have a Dell Netbook and HP Mini, both with Windows7 Starter and they too have been working very well for us. No complaints from me. They played very well together when I installed and configured my wireless router. I had absolutely no idea what I was doing but I had it up and functional within an hour and that includes reading manuals and help files. I have them sharing files on my desktop, sharing a network printer, and sharing the desktop's optical drive with no issues at all.

As far as IE9 goes, it failed my test and so I won't be using it except for the two websites where I use an IE add-on because they work better that way than with Chrome directly. One of them is Windows Live and the other is the weather channel site. Chrome works with both but using the IE add-on seems to help them work more efficiently. I assume those sites are geared for IE more.

[spearchucker]

So much for no problems IE9. I went to configure a DIR-615 DLink router at my mother in laws and found that IE9 wouldn't allow me to change settings. The web pages didn't work correctly. I went to another machine with IE8 on it and everything worked fine. I don't know if the compatibility mode would have helped, but I didn't have time to mess with it.

I also made a purchase online last night using Chrome and I went to print out the confirmation page that I needed and it didn't print correctly. It only got part of the page and not the information that I needed. I then copied the URL to Firefox 4 and it printed correctly.

It looks like with these new browsers that you need to keep a copy of all of them installed in case one of them has a problem. In the past couple days I have found a couple websites (Canon - downloading software and manual for new camera) that didn't work in Chrome or IE9. I only got it to work in Firefox. Firefox is looking up for me.

[pureinsanity]

Score for FF

[LMITOUT]

Snippets from a browser review by USA Today (4-9-2010):

Internet Explorer 9

The Web’s most used -- and most beleaguered -- browser sees a huge upgrade with Internet Explorer 9.

Long derided for being slow and clunky, IE 9 comes with a new, sleeker look and superfast performance.

And, in the most welcome change, IE 9 takes a design cue from Google Chrome that helps the browser fade into the background a bit. The new browser nests open tabs next to the address bar, so there is less wasted space.

Overall, I was pleasantly stunned by IE 9. It’s been years since IE was worth anything but scorn, but this is definitely worth a look.

A wide adoption of IE 9 will be slowed considerably by its requirement of either Windows 7 or Vista, which many Web browsers don’t have.

Mozilla Firefox 4

Mozilla Firefox has long been the burgeoning underdog of Web browsers. But it’s grown steadily, chipping away at IE’s monster market share.

On its way, it built a loyal following of devotees, eager to shed the weight common in IE -- the default browser installed on Windows PCs.

Much of the power of the Firefox browser lies in the add-ons available from third-party developers. These can allow users to do things like block Web ads, download videos from Web sites or integrate social media sites into their browsing.

Firefox 4 brings a new feature called app tabs that allow users to pin frequently visited sites -- e-mail, Facebook, etc. -- to the top left of the browser so they’re always available.

It also brings Firefox Sync, which allows users to keep bookmarks and Web history the same across machines.

Google Chrome 10

Just more than 2 years old, Google Chrome is the new kid on the block.

But it has seen its market share climb steadily to more than 17% in those two years, taking users from IE and Firefox along the way.

Chrome’s power is in its simplicity. The browser window itself carries very little weight, with just enough room for the address bar and your tabs.

It introduced the time-saving Omnibox, which merges the search and address bar into one box. Just type in a Google search or full Web address and the browser will know what you’re doing.

Chrome also allows users to sync bookmarks across computers.

Speed tests

My speed tests were completed on a 64-bit Dell Latitude E6410 laptop with a 2.8-GHz Intel Core i7 processor and 8 GB of RAM running Windows 7.

For the first test, I used Peacemaker, a popular Web benchmarking tool that runs browsers through a series of automated tasks and grades them on their speed.

The Peacekeeper test doesn’t depend on your Internet connection speed; it just measures how fast the browser performs certain tasks.

The clear winner here was Google Chrome 10, which scored 8,738 points -- a figure that only serves to compare it against other browsers on the same machine.

The other three browsers had similar, but smaller scores with Firefox 4 at 4,973, IE 9 at 4,897 and Safari 5 at 4,652.

I also ran the browsers through the SunSpider JavaScript benchmark -- another Web tool to measure browser speed that uses a different set of tasks.

Here, IE 9 was the winner, completing the test in 179.8 milliseconds. The other three browsers were close behind, but Safari finished last at 285.6 milliseconds.

The bottom line

Each browser has its own quirks and download-worthy features.

For your default browser, there isn’t a better option than Chrome. With its speed and simplicity, Chrome is the best at fading away -- the true test of a great browser.

But picking a browser doesn’t mean you can’t have several at your disposal. If a Web site doesn’t load correctly in one, a switch to another will often fix the issue.

Take the time now to pick a faster browser. And spend those new milliseconds wisely.

[DTro]

I've been having a lot of embedded video issues with FF4 lately.

[BobT]

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For your default browser, there isn’t a better option than Chrome. With its speed and simplicity, Chrome is the best at fading away -- the true test of a great browser.

I've solved this issue by installing an IE extension in Chrome that allows me to open sites using IE without closing Chrome and opening IE9. Kind of like having the best of both worlds. Truth is, I've only configured three sites to use the extension and it wasn't because Chrome wouldn't work but because some things on those sites didn't work very well and I found that using the extension improved performance. Using the IE extension in Chrome is faster than navigating to the site even after I've already opened IE9 and certainly faster than waiting for IE9 to open and then navigating to the site.

[pureinsanity]

I've been having a lot of embedded video issues with FF4 lately.

Embedding? or Sharing a link in forum code?

if you are referring to sharing Youtube videos, it is because you tube jumped on the trend of having smaller links. Like bit.url.

for instance normally we would see: youtube.com/whatever/goeshere/andabunchofnumbers#?

now we see: youtu.be/whatevergoeshere

It is not a FF4 issue, its the forum software being used doesn't know what the short links are just yet. I am sure an update will be made.

Most the forums you use probably dont allow embeddable HTML code. I noticed this youtube problem on another forum. I thought it might have been browser specific but it is not. Same thing in IE

[Nick Kuhn]

I've been having a lot of embedded video issues with FF4 lately.

I'd update all your Adobe products (namely Flash Player and Reader). I know I was on an old version of Reader and I'd lock up FF4 every time I opened a PDF. Haven't had any problems since updating.

[DTro]

I'd update all your Adobe products (namely Flash Player and Reader). I know I was on an old version of Reader and I'd lock up FF4 every time I opened a PDF. Haven't had any problems since updating.

I was thinking it was something like that. If I go to a site with a video embedded and play it, sometimes it goes all haywire and it freezes but I still have audio. Usually I end up doing a reboot because it hangs so bad.

Pretty sure it was a FF4 bug because I would try other browsers and they would work fine.

[toughguy]

I run chrome and I won't go back. Easier, faster, better.

[PierBridge]

I've tried to like Chrome and yes it OPEN's quicker other that I can't stand the lay-out or anything about it actually.

[pureinsanity]

Pretty sure it was a FF4 bug because I would try other browsers and they would work fine.

Now that you mention this, I believe IE usually gets a flash fix first. Then a firefox plugin will come along afterwords. I remember a friend having a problem with facebook. Worked fine on IE but not on FF. After reading up on it I found that flash was updated recently but only for IE not FF just yet