IE9 Trial

Dokinator · 22 Apr 2011 at 21:44

I have been using Google chrome for a while now and have been very satisfied with it to tell you all the truth, it is by far a great browser to use. I thought to myself I would give IE9 a trail just to see what it was like, it looked pretty good theme wise but it was time to test performance. I found that it was very slow in carrying out operations and was very annoying by asking if you want to allow this and that, very much like UAC in windows, but what do you expect when its been made by Microsoft. I was also disappointed with it not having an in built spell check which I felt is needed even if you are the best at spelling.

In conclusion I would have to say that its back to Google chrome for me, and its time to wait and see if IE will ever come out on top

Philtor · 22 Apr 2011 at 22:37

Install Opera and forget

*awaits flaming*

Valentino · 22 Apr 2011 at 22:40

Opera just isn't supported enough for me to consider it. Chrome is the best by far.

Philtor · 22 Apr 2011 at 22:44

Valentino said:
Opera just isn't supported enough for me to consider it. Chrome is the best by far.

The latest version is a massive improvement (Opera that is). Fantastic browser and as fast (if not faster) than Chrome. Watch this thread go to 3 pages after this comment

Valentino · 22 Apr 2011 at 22:47

You should have used commas rather than brackets; on both counts!

When i say supported, i mean by websites, not to mention work have only recently allowed people on the network with chrome lol.

Philtor · 22 Apr 2011 at 22:51

*stands in the corner* It's been 10 years since I did GCSE english

Could be worse... my place of work are still using IE6. Yes I know don't talk. ******* numpties have not a clue. I think the stone age still support it however. lol!

Dokinator · 22 Apr 2011 at 22:55

I love the look of IE9 but the performance of chrome, if they could just combine that lol.

I haven't tried opera, is this a recommendation?

Tute · 23 Apr 2011 at 00:39

For me, I find that Chrome "feels" faster but IE9 is actually neck and neck with it when it comes to the crunch. I think this is because when I click a link in Chrome, I can see it loading all the text and images in one by one, but on IE9 I click and link and it does nothing for a split second and then BAM the whole page appears at once.

I've tried timing it myself with a stopwatch and as far as I can tell, it's pretty much identical - I have to admit I like Chrome a lot but I just think IE9 has the better interface.

Mattus · 23 Apr 2011 at 00:43

Tute said:
I've tried timing it myself with a stopwatch and as far as I can tell, it's pretty much identical - I have to admit I like Chrome a lot but I just think IE9 has the better interface.

I can't see how that conclusion's drawn. The default interface is god awful. Tabs and address bar crammed onto one row, with an enormous gap left above them. The options to show tabs on a single row - but not in the titlebar like every other modern browser, and thus still a big waste of space. And practically no UI customisation options.

Philtor · 23 Apr 2011 at 01:08

Dokinator said:
I haven't tried opera, is this a recommendation?

Yeah try Opera for sure man. Great browser

No doubt you'll hear endless stuff about Chrome but Opera is something else imo.

Macro · 23 Apr 2011 at 07:46

I tend to alternate between IE9 and Chrome. I actually really like Operas UI, it just has a few too many problems with sites for me to be able to choose to use it full time.

Dokinator · 23 Apr 2011 at 09:38

Tute said:
For me, I find that Chrome "feels" faster but IE9 is actually neck and neck with it when it comes to the crunch. I think this is because when I click a link in Chrome, I can see it loading all the text and images in one by one, but on IE9 I click and link and it does nothing for a split second and then BAM the whole page appears at once.

I've tried timing it myself with a stopwatch and as far as I can tell, it's pretty much identical - I have to admit I like Chrome a lot but I just think IE9 has the better interface.

I have to agree with what you say

Dokinator · 23 Apr 2011 at 09:39

philtorrens said:
Yeah try Opera for sure man. Great browser No doubt you'll hear endless stuff about Chrome but Opera is something else imo.

I will give it a go mate

theheyes · 23 Apr 2011 at 09:58

Dokinator said:
I have to agree with what you say

In your original post you said IE9 was slow, annoying and disappointing so how can you agree with a comment that says performance is identical to Chrome and IE9 has the better interface?

Dokinator · 23 Apr 2011 at 10:02

Because it feels slow in the way it loads pages, but what you said when it waits a while and then loads the full page seems to be true.

Sorry for any confusion

Devil_Spawn · 23 Apr 2011 at 10:52

opera is the best, used it for years

Menthis · 23 Apr 2011 at 11:48

Chrome F T W

Tute · 25 Apr 2011 at 11:58

Mattus said:
I can't see how that conclusion's drawn. The default interface is god awful. Tabs and address bar crammed onto one row, with an enormous gap left above them. The options to show tabs on a single row - but not in the titlebar like every other modern browser, and thus still a big waste of space. And practically no UI customisation options.

I don't really care that the title bar is unused - at the end of the day I don't have many tabs open at once, and the ones I do can easily fit.

I find IE9 just less "busy" feeling than Chrome.

JimAroo · 26 Apr 2011 at 02:14

Opera is and always has been pretty good, I just find Google Chrome very "Meh". I'm using FF purely for the plugins, Adblock Plus, NoScript etc.

PitteDeltRafe · 26 Apr 2011 at 02:59

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