Microsoft’s IE9

Microsoft introduced Internet explorer 9 at PDC (professional developers conference) in December of 2009, though they didn’t show much, mainly a few benchmarks, but some talked about the technologies that the browser would use, and a little information about the direction that development would take. But it was a significant event nonetheless. After years of playing catch-up, the stopgap Internet Explorer 7 added tab support, and then the solid Internet Explorer 8, which offered little in the way of support for new Web innovations—Microsoft was starting to position its browser not only as good, but able to take on the competition and be best in class. With the release today of Internet Explorer 9, the company has gone on to say just that “IE9 is the most modern browser there is.”
We know Microsoft set out to do four things with IE9. The browser had to be fast, it had to be standards-compliant, it had to be trustworthy, and it had to put the focus on sites and Web content, rather than the browser. Ars technica, a technology news and information website has been following the browser's development since the first public preview in March 2010, with extensive coverage of the beta and release candidate, but those major points are still worth looking at.  Mainly it was to compare IE9 to IE7 and chrome and strip its interface down to make it cleaner and simpler, intending the site to be the major focus and not the frame. 

The end results were the tabs have moved alongside the address bar (though they can be moved below it if desired), the status and menu bars are gone by default, the toolbars are gone by default, and the icons on the buttons use new artwork, and also includes a download manager, and private browsing.  Feedback say’s “It has a new slimline interface”, “It’s much less annoying”, and some are even upset they had to wait so long for it. I personally do see a difference and wouldn’t mind downloading it and putting it to use right away.