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Images of Internet Explorer 9's new interface leaked: it's minimal, it's Metro!
Tipster Juan Camargo sent us a hot one: This Chinese page purportedly features a couple of leaked screenshots of IE9's new GUI. I don't know if it's the real thing, but if it is, Microsoft are doing something very bold here. The general design is reminiscent of the new Windows Phone 7, with a clean, angular look and graphics that are "cut" on the edge of the window (like that back button in the top-left corner). Even if it's just a mock-up, it's still quite impressive, and an interesting break from what we've come to know from Firefox, Chrome and Opera, not to mention previous versions of IE.
I'll let Google Translate do the talking here: "New version of IE 9 preview version of the title bar of the platform, integrating the address bar, tool bar, search box, the status bar. Click the page title to display the address bar (and the search box, favorites management, access history viewer), the website finish loading cases, the address bar to display only part of the title page." (Any native Chinese speakers here are welcome to submit a better translation via the comments.)
What do you think, people? April Fool's or the real deal?
(Second screenshot is after the fold)
Comments
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Subscribe to commentsArnieApr 1st 2010 4:10PM
Looks good
ArnieApr 1st 2010 4:11PM
Where is the Aero though?
ChristianApr 1st 2010 4:29PM
if you look at zune's UI, they're skipping the aero theme.
If this is legit, which by the way it really looks like it since it's so similar to what they've been transforming to, I want to use it.
Best April Fool's joke if this is one.
KarlWApr 1st 2010 5:48PM
Whatever happened to UI consistency? This looks like no other Windows app (which, I suppose, look nothing like each other either).
I like the idea of minimising the window chrome, but I don't think this is the right idea. Then again, I really liked Safari's tabs-on-top for the clutter it spared me, so I'm probably not the voice of popular opinion.
JoshApr 1st 2010 8:28PM
@KarlW: The tabs on top were scrapped from the final release precisely because of UI consistency. They decided they didn't want to mess with their HIG and chose to go back to the old style.
extra2491Apr 2nd 2010 7:55AM
I think its the real deal. theyve been going more minimal with time. they removed the menu bar and try to minimize bar space to make it all look like one clean page. Im curious how they will integrate all the other buttons features like inprivate etc. without having buttons
der_tuxmanApr 1st 2010 4:28PM
Hmm, no Aero bloatshit, minimalistic GUI... now I hope there will be a Fx theme like this. :)
JasonDashApr 1st 2010 4:42PM
Lack of tabs says no.
April fools =/
rells009Apr 1st 2010 5:03PM
I wouldn't be so quick to call it a fake just due to the lack of tabs just yet. It's quite possible that they haven't implemented it yet. They didn't have tabs when they demonstrated IE9 recently either.
I like it if this is real. Compared to the UI homogeny the rest of the browsers are moving towards this is a nice change.
Karate TortoiseApr 1st 2010 5:15PM
My guess is that if this is real, the tabs bar wont show if there is only one tab open.
pat_boy2008Apr 1st 2010 5:01PM
lol IE9 already got errors. Can't even load Twitter. But the GUI does look cool.
elect.rickApr 1st 2010 5:36PM
on the "IE9 errors loading twitter" thing you are being sarcastic, right?
nitrous9200Apr 1st 2010 5:34PM
Ever heard of the Great Firewall of China?
francoisApr 26th 2010 12:33AM
I normally dislike Microsoft's products, but this looks really nice. Let's hope Microsoft pulls it off.
ArisApr 1st 2010 5:21PM
Internet Explorer APRIL edition? LOL
JordanApr 1st 2010 5:23PM
http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/03/31/microsoft-fires-poorly-aimed-privacy-missile-at-google-chrome/
So much for touting better privacy, right? Separation of address bar and search bar...gone! If this is the real deal, Microsoft needs some inter-department communication improvements.
ericloeweApr 1st 2010 5:57PM
Truth be said, I don't see ANY bar for text input. If one is hidden, why not two?
ram290476Apr 2nd 2010 3:40PM
Combining the address bar and search bar doesn't make up for less privacy, but what does is sending each character you type to google automatically.
Even if you combine both, you can still wait for the user to hit enter and determine whether it is a web site or search term and then send it to your search provider only when its a search term. If it is a website you can directly talk to the website.
The main assumption is that google can track every keystroke you have since they already have all that information sent to google.
ProlornApr 2nd 2010 4:08AM
Hah, my first thoughts too! Wonder if the critique was retracted precisely because someone on the new design team passed the word on, assuming this is legit?
"Hey, uh, about merging the address and search boxes?"
"What about it?"
"Yeah, um, we're doing that too."
"..."
FloApr 1st 2010 5:41PM
Albeit pretty I'm going to stick with Firefox and Chromium.