Tag Archives: Internet Explorer 9
Video: Chrome 7 vs IE9 With Hardware Acceleration
Posted on 15. Sep, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey. 
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Today’s the day that that Internet Explorer 9 Beta has finally been released to the teeming masses. This new version has a very different looking user interface reflecting the changes that Chrome has brought to the browser market. It’s much talked-about hardware acceleration feature has to be one of the reasons that Microsoft created the Test Drive site, which showcasing performance testing for browsers.
So how does IE9 perform against Chrome 7 with the “–enable-accelerated-compositing” GPU flag on with the FishIE Tank test? Take a look.
thechromesource Weekend: Links for 9/12/10
Posted on 12. Sep, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey. 0 Comments
With this battle of tablets brewing, PCWorld asks what is Google’s Big Tease on Tablets: Android or Chrome OS?
Facebook has passed Google for the first time in time spent on the respective sites.
Here’s a look at how Bing could have beaten Google’s Instant Search a year ago.
Just like the upcoming Internet Explorer 9 and Chrome 7 stable, Firefox 4 Beta 5 now has hardware acceleration.
Lilliputing’s Brad Linder believes Google may not allow any devices without access to make cell phone calls to use Android Market.
The Chromification of Internet Explorer
Posted on 25. Aug, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey. 0 Comments
Do you like fast acting tabs, the Omnibox and simplicity to your browser design? Then you’re going to love Internet Explorer 9.
According to Computerworld, this image was taken from Microsoft’s Russian site. It appears that in order to save its slowly diminishing browser share, the company is willing to concede that Chrome’s design is successful enough to copy. That goes for features like a faster JavaScript engine and hardware acceleration in the browser, the latter coming to Chrome 7 soon.
Mozilla has also been heading down the same path with the beta version of their newest browser, Firefox 4.
The Internet Explorer 9 beta release will be available in September for Windows 7 and Vista, further alienating Mac, Linux and Windows XP users.
thechromesource Daily: Links for 7/29/10
Posted on 29. Jul, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey. 1 Comments
Internet Explorer 9 is sure starting to look a lot like Chrome browser.
An analysis by Business Insider on whether Google is still a growth company.
Does Google’s investment in Recorded Future actually have U.S. national security implications?
How many hundreds of million dollars is Google willing to spend battling Facebook?
Google is allowing designers to have more control over typography customizations.
Browser Tests: Which of the Current Generation is Best?
Posted on 29. May, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey. 3 Comments
Here is a video that pits Chrome 5, Firefox 4, Internet Explorer 9, Opera 10.5 and Safari 4 against each other. Using a good array of speed tests, including one for JavaScript, the SunSpider test and the Peacekeeper Benchmark, you might be surprised to see some of the formally fastest browsers on the market are starting to fall behind the pack.
It’s clear that Google is directing a lot of resources into the development of Chrome. Witness the fact that Chrome 6 in now in the development channel, and the browser was first introduced in 2008. It appears that major financial and development time is what is going to win the title of best browser, so it doesn’t come as a shock that IE9 is pulling itself up by its bootstraps and start moving up the rankings.
An interesting point: some seem concerned about the fact that Android and Chrome OS are being developed concurrently, and that the logic behind doing something of this nature is faulty. But the reality is that Chrome is not going anywhere. Massive resources are being used to develop this platform, and along with the fact that Google TV will use Chrome as well, I don’t see Android and Chrome merging anytime soon. Plus, perhaps with Chrome OS Google will be better able to handle the fragmentation issues that have plagued Android via its auto-update technology.
What do you think? Should Android and Chrome be merged? Or does it make sense for the two to be separate, one used for phones and one for computing?
thechromesource Daily: Links for 5/7/10
Posted on 07. May, 2010 by Daniel Cawrey. 0 Comments
Chrome 6 is coming, a revision posted by Anthony Laforge at the Chromium site says “Update VERSION Major to 6″.
The dev version of Chrome browser has had a stream of updates since yesterday, including many user interface changes.
University of California – Davis has decided to scrap its Gmail system that was being used by employees out of privacy concerns with the system.
Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 will not support Windows XP – and that makes some at Google a bit angry.
There is an extension now available called ChromeTouch that allows users to have touch functionality in Chrome browser.
