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15 days until IE9 Launch

Aug 31

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We’re just week’s away from the launch of IE9 and the team here are very excited about the impact this will have on how millions view the web.  IE9 is almost unrecognisable from previous incarnations of our browser – the step up is equivalent to upgrading from an old 14 inch TV to a bright, clean HD plasma screen. We can’t wait to get it out there.

The new browser is incredibly fast. Our current speed tests prove it is 11 times faster than IE8 alone! For web developers this is truly revolutionary. It means that webpages can become even more graphically rich and advanced websites (like Radian6) will feel like normal applications on your start menu in Windows.

If you really can’t wait for the launch then you might want to take the developer trial version of IE9 for a test drive. We’ve already had over 2.5 million downloads of the Platform Preview alone on the IE Test Drive site and love getting feedback we can take on board to make sure IE9 meets your needs better than ever.

http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/

This week we’re counting down to the IE9 launch and giving you more of an idea of what the browser includes to make the web feel more beautiful than ever!

It’s 15 days until IE9’s launch on 15th September. Get ready for a whole new way to experience the web…

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IE – It’s a Funny Old Game

Jun 11

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As the World Cup kicks off we want to flag to you again that you can easily follow all the matches online with our dedicated World Cup webslice:

http://www.ieaddons.com/gb/details/news/World_Cup_Coverage_2010__UK/

Real-world games are a great way of testing a human being, from the mental dexterity needed to analyse your teams strategy on the go to having the lightening fast reactions to take opportunities as they materialise in the game.

The virtual world is no different. This week we’re looking forward to IE9 and giving a taste of the special preview you can download from here – http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/ Our team of developers have devised some pretty crafty games to test our the new browsers speed, graphics capabilities and new navigation features.

One game, Browser Flip, measures how fast your browser is at handling HTML, java script and CSS at the same time. See how quickly you can flip over the tiles by running your mouse over them in IE8 and IE9 by going to http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/Performance/11BrowserFlip/Default.html

Another improved feature is improved map zooming. Have a go by installing the IE9 preview and going to http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/Performance/10MapZooming/Default.html

An important part of our testing for IE9 is to make sure graphics appear smoothly on the screen for you – upping the number of frames per second so that everything flows naturally and doesn’t flick or stutter. The final test you can try with the IE preview  is of our Flickr Explorer:

http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/Performance/10FlickrExplorer/Default.html

These little games give our team here some real feedback on IE so we can make our browser even stronger. It’s a team effort, so please get involved, give our new browser preview a kick around http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/ and let us know – http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2010/03/19/the-internet-explorer-testcenter-welcome-page-clarification-corrections.aspx -  what we can do to run away with the best browser trophy in your eyes.

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Why IE9 is a Perfect Fit

Jun 9

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We’ve done a bit of looking back on the Blue E blog, but we wanted this week to look forwards to IE9. We’re currently testing IE9 and are looking for as many people as possible to get involved in testing our preview version and to give us feedback so the finished product really meets everyone’s needs. Take a look at http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive to try the preview.

One featured we’re proud of on the new browser is how it can shape shift like a chameleon to your PC, whatever form-factor you have.  Using CSS3 Media Query support IE9 adapts to different display resolutions (like height, width, orientation) on the go. This means your new browser will optimise the way webpage look for your large screen monitor, netbook or mobile.

Take a look at our test screenshot:

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IE9 Preview Downloaded 1m+ Times!

Jun 8

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The UK IE team had the pleasure of welcoming Ryan Gavin, Microsoft’s senior director of Internet Explorer, in London last week.  Ryan was interviewed by the Guardian’s tech legend Jack Schofield. Jack is leaving the Guardian to go freelance, so at the IE team we want to wish him all the best for the future. To have a read of the interview, take a look here – http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2010/may/31/microsoft-ie9-html5-standards

Ryan was very excited about the progress of our special preview of IE9 – the test drive version has already been downloaded over 1m times in just 2 months! In our speed tests we believe we’ve created the fastest ever browser, trouncing other browsers for the speed of loading up a page.

To take part in the preview if you’re a developer or a curious member of the public, just goto http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive/ . We’re constantly looking for developers to get involved and feedback their own experiences, so please do at http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ie/archive/2010/03/19/the-internet-explorer-testcenter-welcome-page-clarification-corrections.aspx

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