IE9 Beta

[Snuffy]

Is anybody else using the Beta release of IE9? seems to me to be a tad bit faster, at lease you have now the ability to disable many of the addons....since it was released to day to the public..... interested on how many like or dislike.

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http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/internet-explorer/products/ie-9/welcome-upgrade2

[Jake]

Like it so far myself, have a few concerns but Paul Thurrott brings them up in his review so they may be fixed in the next beta if he promotes them enough (a way to turn off addon notifications, for example, is missing).

Looks good though, at least as a start.

[Snuffy]

I have no problems disableing any of the Addons. so far.... easier and faster than IE8-imho- infact some that were giving me problems are now disabled...
open tools -> manage addon's -- same as the old IE8 only (IMHO) this one works....or at least better.... my current v 9.0.7930.16406 (testing x86) not x64 yet

[javajolt]

Like you I had no problems disabling the addons, the speed appears better than IE8, however I DO NOT like the appearance but then I did not like Google Chrome when I tested it a couple years ago..

MS has taken away to many user controls but perhaps I will find those if I do some more looking.  But as of this reply I am of a mind to revert back to IE6..JK IE8.

[Snuffy]

I also have some (YUKKY) about this version.  I hope also that the FEEDBACK which we PROVIDE does some good..... one thing I have found also is:
1.) many sites I have to enter twice to get a connection.... so wonder what the HE** did they change on the internet connection part......Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
have other Grrrrrrrrrrrrr's but - making a list and checking it twice.....

[javajolt]

I have now Uninstalled IE 9 Beta, after playing with it for 24 hours I DID NOT like what they have done.

When doing a search for images, only the first page was loaded with images and as I scrolled down the following pages did not load.  Nothing but gray boxes, hovering on the gray box displayed the size of the image but still no images.

Other sites that had black text in IE 8 displayed White Text and I could find no way to change it back even after going through all the necessary steps that would usually change the text font and or color.

I was able to put back some things (i.e. Menu bar at the top, Status Bar at the bottom, Favoties Bar etc.)  I use these constantly.

IE 9 Beta appeared to be alittle faster but not enough to make me keep it.  I have included instructions on rolling back to IE 8 if interested.

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If you installed recently released Beta version of Internet Explorer 9 to try out the new features and now you want to uninstall it, this tutorial will help you.

You can use following simple steps to uninstall IE9 Beta version from your system:

1. Open Control Panel and click on "Programs and Features".

2. Now click on "View installed updates" link given in left sidebar.

3. You'll see "Windows Internet Explorer 9" update listed there. Select the update and click  on "Uninstall" button in toolbar or right-click on the update and select "Uninstall" option.

4. That's it. It'll require a restart. After restarting IE9 Beta will be removed from your system.

[Snuffy]

Thanks for the warning?? never had that problem, but I sure do hate the DOWNLOAD--> unless you click save as.. then you can say where, the default SUKS....(IMHO).
2.) The red X's are all over the pages again............SUKS, and M$ should learn by now. this goes back to Win95 days..... CRAP.....
3.) Failure to find link--> fix is again click refresh box or F5 ... SUKS,
4.) the Tabs - like Opera or FF or old GOOGLE = CRAP... every thing from the kitchen sink to the disguared Oil Filter shows up.
5.) stillhaving problems with the DAMN popup filter..... crap on manual add OK or manual add to blacklist.....

I just might go back to a different Beta.... this Public Release is Flying Pigs...

[javajolt]

I too disliked the Download > It is NOT user friendly at all!

The favorties on the right really Suck they made it like the Start Menu in W7.

Getting back some of the Bars used daily needed some searching but are there.

If the pop up filter is giving problems turn it off Have a look here

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/internet-explorer/products/ie-9/windows-internet-explorer-9-privacy-statement

for all kinds of help related issues from our good friends at MS...

[Jake]

Wonder when we can expect Beta 2, hopefully they keep listening to their users as they've been doing so far

[javajolt]

I only Hope you are right...barely 24 Hours and I rolled back to IE 8

[Snuffy]

Yes, I can turn it off but in the old one, once I set it to ON it was on for that site.... If I had it off for that site it was off....
now  on some forums, I have it set for ON but every danm link in reference to that site from a thread.... I have to turn on for that Specific thread.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrr  
Like if here I added a forum link back to another thread I have to turn on this LINK to .... cause its auto popup Blocked.
if i have popup on for forum 7 and I want to move to forum 8 I have to turn on.... yet I have told it every link from forum 7 is OK.
this beta is full of PIZZ ME OFF.... stuff.... like they had a good test then forgot to keep some stuff or disabled it when they went PUBLIC.
M$ is known for this CRAP....
Yes, also the favorites pop on right side unless you say move to left... then if you X the left side it moves back to the right side............ DUH - stupid is stupid does....  also now many of my RSS fail to update.................. they are not compatibile with IE9. DUH - even with compatibility mode on.... DUH - DUH might be fast when it works but when it STUTTERS it slow as molasses on a cold day.

to me PUBLIC release is two steps back from what I was using.... but then Win7 RC Public was the same - far less than what I was testing.....

WTH: Internet Explorer was unable to update this feed and will try again later.  = GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

[Snuffy]

If you are using recently released Beta version of Internet Explorer 9, you might have noticed that it doesn't show Menu Bar. Even if you show it temporary by pressing "ALT" key, it disappears as soon as you click on somewhere else.

Its a bug in IE9 Beta. If you check in "View -> Toolbars", you'll find that Menu Bar is enabled but its still not shown permanently.

To fix this bug and to show Menu Bar permanently in IE9 Beta, you can follow these simple steps:

1. Type regedit in RUN or Start menu search box and press Enter. It'll open Registry Editor.

2. Now go to following key:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft

3. Create a new key "Internet Explorer" under "Microsoft" key.

4. Create another new key "Main" under "Internet Explorer" key.

So the final path would be:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main

5. Now in right-side pane, create a new DWORD value AlwaysShowMenus and set its value to 1

6. That's it. Now open IE 9 Beta and press "ALT" key and it'll enable Menu Bar permanently

[Snuffy]

How to Disable Hardware Acceleration (GPU Rendering) in Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) Beta?

Hardware Acceleration" (GPU Rendering) is the most interesting and important feature of recently released Beta version of Internet Explorer 9. It was introduced to increase performance of IE but some IE users might want to disable it as the text might not look well on their screens.

If you also want to disable Hardware Acceleration feature in IE9, following trick will help you:

1. Open IE9 Beta and click on Tools icon. Now click on "Internet Options".

2. Go to "Advanced" tab and enable "Use software rendering instead of GPU rendering" option

3. Click on Apply button and restart the browser