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Internet Explorer 9 fever generates 2 million downloads in two days
Sure, that's 6 million less than the total Mozilla received on Spread Firefox Day, but it's a huge number for a beta browser -- especially one from Microsoft. In 2008, only 1.3 million downloads were clocked for the Internet Explorer 8 beta over its first five days.
The hype machine has a lot to do with the increased interest in IE9, but it's also a much more exciting browser than IE8 -- and the browser wars have become much more heated over the past two years.
One thing I'm curious about at this point: will we see Internet Explorer releases on a more regular basis following IE9? Two years really won't cut it when competitors like Google, Mozilla, and Opera are pumping out new versions on a much more rapid schedule.
If you haven't tried it yet, you really should -- download the Internet Explorer 9 beta from Microsoft and give it a go!
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Subscribe to commentsBrandonSep 21st 2010 9:44AM
I just tried it, and it IS promising. I love that you can pin applications like Facebook to the superbar, but there are other things that make the browser less usable. Like, where are extensions. Accelerators and bars aren't half as good as how Chrome's extensions are implemented.
Also, one thing that really bugged me was that you don't have the "x" button on an inactive tab. Not to mention that the bookmarks bar looks horrible with the UI.
But maybe that'll change! It's just a beta, I guess. But it's definitely a leap forward in my opinion.
GenericSep 21st 2010 9:43AM
It is good that browsers are a hot topic. This means that they will only get better. The number of downloads is not very surprising when you take into consideration that more than half of the world's running browsers are IE. I don't intend to use IE 9 but I downloaded it to try it out. Little UI and fast, I perceive, but I am very loyal to Firefox. I also don't like the way IE extensions are installed. They have same privileges as other applications and can do anything on my PC whereas Firefox extensions only work inside the browser and can't spy on me without me knowing. After all they are all open source.
Vincent ChowSep 21st 2010 10:21AM
Can't blame, it's the first IE that I wouldn't mine using at all.
thesmilkmanSep 21st 2010 10:24AM
I wonder how many more downloads it would have had if it supported XP as well.
r3loadedSep 21st 2010 10:46AM
Yay for 4chan references!
JayenkaiSep 21st 2010 2:31PM
2 Million restarts of Windows, in less than 2 days?!
Good gravy, not even Update Whateverday gets that many restarts!
RohitSep 21st 2010 2:39PM
IE 9 GPU acceleration actually works. Why don't you try running an HD video online in vimeo or youtube. The CPU usage in the task manager is going to show you that it uses only half that of any other browser's. You cant beat that. They have nailed it.
DrakkenfyreSep 21st 2010 7:09PM
Imagine if it worked on Windows XP.
j1mp492Sep 22nd 2010 8:34AM
It felt like IE, crashed at the first startup.
behnam_8088Sep 27th 2010 2:09PM
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