November 19, 2009 at 01:17Internet Explorer 9: First Details
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After the release of Windows 7, Microsoft decided to turn its attention to one of the most important components of its OS - Internet Explorer. Feeling fierce competition from Firefox and Google Chrome, Microsoft revealed the first details of Internet Explorer 9 at the Microsoft Professional Developer's conference in Los Angeles.
The new browser is only at the initial stage of development and only 3 last weeks have been actively developed since the release of Windows 7, however, the development is aimed at compliance and possibly even improvement in web standards.
Some details:
At the moment, most industry experts believe that Internet Explorer is the most lagging in terms of compatibility and support for web standards and speed. It seems that Microsoft is going to work hard in this direction to change the situation with the release of IE9. The new browser is still far from release, so it’s definitely impossible to say exactly what will be done and whether the company will succeed in making a browser that is not inferior to Firefox, Safari, Chrome or IE.
UPD . Thanks, moved to the appropriate blog
UPD2 . Harbra user ilinsky posted a post with links to a video about the details of the new IE
The new browser is only at the initial stage of development and only 3 last weeks have been actively developed since the release of Windows 7, however, the development is aimed at compliance and possibly even improvement in web standards.
Some details:
- Regarding HTML5 . Here Microsoft evaded a direct answer about the full support of all HTML 5 standards. The company is not ready to commit itself to fully support the new markup language until the final standard is adopted. However, she “promised to try” to support HTML 5.
- Regarding Javascript . Microsoft acknowledged that previous versions of IE lag behind Firefox and Google Chrome in performance. According to some of the data presented, IE9 made a breakthrough to narrow this gap, but there is no talk of a victory of competitors in performance.
- Regarding CSS support . IE9 seems to be finally getting CSS3 support, especially for rounded corners. It should be noted that other browsers have long supported this feature.
- Regarding hardware acceleration . IE9 will use DirectX hardware acceleration to improve graphical rendering and AJAX. This should encourage developers to work more towards the GPU (rendering faster through the use of a video processor).
At the moment, most industry experts believe that Internet Explorer is the most lagging in terms of compatibility and support for web standards and speed. It seems that Microsoft is going to work hard in this direction to change the situation with the release of IE9. The new browser is still far from release, so it’s definitely impossible to say exactly what will be done and whether the company will succeed in making a browser that is not inferior to Firefox, Safari, Chrome or IE.
UPD . Thanks, moved to the appropriate blog
UPD2 . Harbra user ilinsky posted a post with links to a video about the details of the new IE