Internet Explorer 9 Beta video leaks, no metro in sight

[riso]

Take this one with a grain of salt: A video purportedly showing Internet Explorer 9 beta has found its way to YouTube. It seems rather convincing – you see the browser score 95/100 in ACID3 and go through the paces of some of the new browser benchmarks.

The biggest letdown here is that the UI seems incredibly ... mundane. I mean, for some reason the guy filming the video opened every link in a new window, so you don't get to see the tabs (which are supposedly right next to the address bar, according to previous mock-ups and rumors).

Still, for what it's worth, this leak seems to be substantial. I can only hope that something more exciting happens with the UI by the time the browser officially launches, which is pretty soon now.
IE9 Beta leaked video with new Logo and UI

[Jake]

I was hoping we would see some tabs-on-top stuff but I guess not.  Nice to see the gigantic back button didn't make the cut though, the rest of the design still needs work.

I'd say:

Tabs-on-top
An IE button (as seen in Opera and now Firefox)
No More title in the titlebar (we already have tab-previews)
A shorter tab by default, even when there's only 1 open (gives the appearance of "extra space")

Also out of curiosity, if the bookmarks button is on the right side, does that mean the bookmarks menu has moved as well?  That big side panel is on the left in IE7 and IE8 since the button is on the left.  If the side panel is on the left but the button is on the right, it'll be one of those "WAT?!" moments for everyone.