This is what IE9 should look like.

Nate Silvers · 26 Apr 2011 at 23:27

Original.

Improved?

What do you think? Saves space.

Edit the pictures are broken in IE9 :S

LeJosh · 26 Apr 2011 at 23:39

And in Firefox. Can't see anything at all.

nick-fury · 26 Apr 2011 at 23:44

Not working in Chrome either.

Nate Silvers · 26 Apr 2011 at 23:46

Does it work now?

PhillyDee · 26 Apr 2011 at 23:48

Well, I prefer the first one . . . .

liamgo · 26 Apr 2011 at 23:49

have you got them mixed up? surely the `original` is cleaner and saves space?

LeJosh · 26 Apr 2011 at 23:51

Yup, working now.

The original is nicer in my opinion. Don't need to move the home/bookmark? icon under the window buttons.

Nate Silvers · 26 Apr 2011 at 23:55

I thought they didn't use the integration to Windows 7 fully. Everything can fit into the window bar but they made it bigger than it's normal size.

MikeHunt79 · 26 Apr 2011 at 23:56

First is better, smaller menu bar is always better IMO

Nate Silvers · 27 Apr 2011 at 00:04

Oops sorry I added them in the wrong order, fixed now. So you guys like my version better wooo

I hope MS see this thread.

Is there anyway to auto-hide the favourites bar? Like in Chrome it only shows on new tabs.

LeJosh · 27 Apr 2011 at 00:11

Haha. That would explain it, yes, the home icon moved to the left of the window buttons is much better.

westylakey · 30 Apr 2011 at 21:30

does anybody really still use IE, I've been using FF for years now, with noscript and other addons. but as other people have said it looks much better without the top bit.

richb93 · 1 May 2011 at 16:17

Internet Explorer.... Despite being impressed with the preview and the demos Chrome/RockMelt is so much better. Obviously its all all a matter of personal preference, but I can't really see how anyone can top Chrome, given that it constantly gets updates and is really fast too (which is the reason I switched from FF which just got slower and slower)

robinbredin · 1 May 2011 at 20:14

I agree with CNET, that Rockmelt is for social networks like, Facebook and Twitter.

http://cnettv.cnet.com/rockmelt-rocks-facebook-browsing/9742-1_53-50095812.html

Amp34 · 1 May 2011 at 20:23

westylakey said:
does anybody really still use IE, I've been using FF for years now, with noscript and other addons. but as other people have said it looks much better without the top bit.

Loads of people...

Generally FF is used by computer geeks and those near them that have been told to use it, chrome is now used by young people on their new laptops (because they clicked chrome on the browser choice window) and IE9 is used by everybody else...

(I use IE9 predominantly, FF occasionally and Chrome more and more for duties that used to be done by FF, because FF is pretty rubbish performance wise).

mrk · 1 May 2011 at 20:57

It should look like this:

theheyes · 1 May 2011 at 21:27

Don't really understand the beef with the IE9 interface. Sure, it's not going to win any awards but neither is it as bad as people make out.

And the "improved" version is broken. Imagine you open up 3 or 4 tabs. Now where are you supposed to click if you want to move the window around your desktop?

Aod · 2 May 2011 at 01:19

Khaaan! said:
It should look like this:

http://robbiekhan.co.uk/root/temp/ie9look.jpg

so it should look like Opera then?

mrk · 2 May 2011 at 01:28

Sure why not

After all, my FF is using the Opera button style via Stratiform!

Aod · 2 May 2011 at 01:55

Khaaan! said:
Sure why not After all, my FF is using the Opera button style via Stratiform!

we may not agree on the browser of choice Robbie, but we can definitely agree that they're both better than IE