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(Unverified)Sep 23rd 2010 1:14PM
Ha, what a joke. The author of this post was just raving about IE9 when in fact, the majority of it's "new" features were things stolen from Chrome or Firefox, and too late, as well. Tabs and windows don't "woosh" around like he says, they're stiff and confusing to use compared to Chrome. The address bar steals the idea of bolding the address from Chrome, and I personally hate the way it greys out when you're not mousing over it. Chrome and IE9 have the same amount of vertical space if you full-size Chrome, you did the comparison when it wasn't so that's why IE9 was "first."
The unified tab and address bar is clunky and forces anyone who uses more than three tabs (basically everyone) to shrink the address bar until it's ugly and hard to use. As for Superbar integration, you overrate it. It's an okay feature that I don't honestly see many awesomely useful features for. Chrome's notification system is much better and more useful than it.
I apologize for ranting in such a strong way, but I have to respond to your post. No doubt about it, IE9 is a huge improvement over IE8, but Chrome (and Firefox) still have huge improvements over it and other than hardware acceleration (which Chrome and FF already have in testing), IE9 is really not that great of a browser.
(Unverified)Sep 23rd 2010 1:46PM
How wide do you want your tabs...? Or are you still at 800*600?
(Unverified)Sep 23rd 2010 1:57PM
I use a modern laptop with a 1366 * 768 res, and when using IE9 with several tabs I can barely see more than the favicon unless I shrink the address bar.
(Unverified)Sep 23rd 2010 1:55PM
Me too, actually. I can see five tabs fairly comfortably, but it does get a bit small after that.
I am used to 20-odd Chrome tabs, though, so I can't usually see more than a favicon :)
Panorama, or pinned Superbar apps, is the way forward!
(Unverified)Sep 23rd 2010 2:03PM
Mhm, I can't argue with preference. If you like IE9, then I guess it's fine. I've calmed down a little after my rant and I was being rather stuck up. I'll still use Chrome and still agree with everything I said, but IE9 isn't that bad, either.
FatawanSep 23rd 2010 2:48PM
what features were stolen from chrome? The hardware accelerated html5? Pinned sites with jumplists? d2d text? I mean seriously, what a bunch of crap you spew. Not that I actually care if something was "stolen" from Chrome or not. Browsers all use each others ideas, Chrome included... and its a GREAT thing. The Chrome omnibox is great, so I am glad IE9 improved upon it. Why is that a bad thing? You must really hate technology if you hate progress and idea sharing.
And then most all of you post is simply opinion, though you state it as fact. The fact you hate the greying out of the address bar, the notification system, etc.
Also, what did you mean by saying that IE9 copied Chrome's "bolding" of the address bar? That makes no sense.
(Unverified)Sep 23rd 2010 7:24PM
You guys claim chrome was cloned, and got it owned!!