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“Microsoft, based in Redmond, Washington, marked the public release of a test version of Internet Explorer 9 at an event in San Francisco,” Bass reports. “The software offers support for HTML 5 technology and loads pages faster.”
“Internet Explorer’s share of the browser market has fallen to 60 percent from 74 percent about two years earlier, as Firefox, Chrome and Safari gain ground, according to Net Applications,” Bass reports. “With Chrome usage up sevenfold, Microsoft needs to ensure that users keep their focus on the Windows operating system, rather than run programs through Google’s browser, said Matt Rosoff, an analyst at Directions on Microsoft, a research firm in Kirkland, Washington… Market share for Firefox, made by Mozilla Corp., rose to 23 percent last month from 19 percent about two years earlier, according to Net Applications, which tracks Internet usage statistics. Chrome jumped to 7.5 percent from 1.1 percent, and Safari climbed to 5.2 percent from 2.8 percent.”
Bass reports, “Internet Explorer’s HTML 5 support delivers high-quality video playback faster and lets users do things like open a virtual book and flip through its pages. The set of technologies may eventually replace Adobe Systems Inc.’s Flash and Microsoft’s competing Silverlight, Rosoff said.”
Full article here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Edward W.” for the heads up.]
MacDailyNews Take: Mac users spared once again, thankfully, but keep promoting HTML5, Derivativesoft!
The best Mac browser is Safari 5.
The IE9 Test Drive page is interesting. They have games that can be played in Webkit. However IE9 will not be made available for XP, so basically if you work in a MSFT shop, whether you can install IE9 is still depends on your IT.
If you like sun sand and see, get safari. The spinning beach ball is a perfect addition. I use Chrome on my Mac – hello snappiness.
I am torn which to use. I have been using Safari mainly, but I keep hearing that it is not as safe as chrome. Is this true on OSX or is this more for using Safari on windows?
I thought I heard that Chrome for Mac sucked, that the developers’ focus was clearly on the Windows version. Whatever, I’ve got two browsers already (Safari and Firefox). I don’t need a third.
Wow, IE down to 60%. Whoda thunk it? I think this is a pretty clear indication that the tech-savvyness of the average user is increasing as each year passes. When IE gained its dominance, the average PC user didn’t know what the Internet was. Clicking on the blue “E” meant the Internet. Now each new generation of users is more savvy than the last. And savvy users don’t want to use IE.
——RM
I remember clicking on Internet Explorer, taking a shower, getting dressed, and finally getting on the Internet. You can keep it…..
recently since safari 5.0 came out, it has loading problem. when you see address bar where shows you still loading even all page finished loading. I don’t know whether it is a bug or not. I can’t even click any thing during that happen. but I don’t use safari anymore. it was good before 5.0. I just use chrome. it’s the best browser in my opinion. by the way, today I installed IE 9 beta, and have tested it so far. it’s not bad. it’s snappy, faster, has clean UI just like chrome, or Mozilla 4.0 beta even it has still issues to be fix. I guess that many people will return to IE 9 again. I am not kidding. recently microsft has done good job incluing windows 7, xbox 360, windows 7 mobile…. I used to hate it before. but hey, I am getting older, and will die soon(just kidding). don’t hate it too much. there is always something to like.
I still have issues with safari just not working right sometimes and firefox never fails.
“Internet Explorer’s share of the browser market has fallen to 60 percent from 74 percent about two years earlier”
Oh, how the mighty have fallen. Three or four years ago, while working in IT for a government office, I tried to get a waiver to use Firefox rather than the required IE on some Windows servers. (I was then using Safari and Firefox on Mac and Solaris boxes.) The request was denied. Wonder how they’re doing today. (I left about two years ago.)
I’m looking forward to the acid3 test
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The idiot at USA today was most impressed with the ability to “pin” a hyperlink in the task bar. Where did they get that idea?
For a second there, I thought it read, “Microsoft, based in Redmond, Washington, marked the public release of a test version of Internet Explorer 9 with a mock funeral of Internet Explorer 9.”
Safari needs work and a pref pane to block flash, inserted ads (Google,etc) and other BS would be nice. I’m running a Mac Pro on a cable modem & click to flash, so it’s not the network.
It scores 95/100 on my Windows box. It’s actually not that bad, considering… and anything that hastens the death of Flash is okay with me.
If you like sun sand and see, get safari. The spinning beach ball is a perfect addition. I use Chrome on my Mac – hello snappiness. —Jeff the Trader
I must admit that Safari’s performance has taken a big step backward in recent releases. But I trust Google about as far as I can throw them.
Chrome-Mac regularly does not display gmail correctly.
But I trust Google about as far as I can throw them.
Took the words right off my keys. They can take Chrome and stuff it. Well, IE9 as well…
Anyone who has installed Chrome, download and use Little Snitch… it’s incredible how many background daemons are installed when ANY Google App is installed… all accessing servers far away when no Google App is even running.
Avoid all Google Apps like the plague. I do.
My $0.02
Is it an imitation of Chrome or what?
Now the tabs below in Safari will look pathetic.
I agree, the best browser is Safari.
Bar none.
Freakin’ MS’s version of success. . . Wait until everyone else has a better version and take the marketshare to make something that is “supposedly” better than the crap we already have out there. . .
MS sucks, and always will! I can’t wait until that piece of crap wanna-be Apple company is out for good!
When it comes to software/hardware, Apple is number 1!
I’m loving Internet Explorer 9 baby!
From now on bing and decide. http://www.bing.com
I too had grown tired of Safari 5.0’s sluggishness, to the point of begrudgingly trying Firefox again. Actually, I don’t really dislike the browser (it actually seems a tad faster than Safari), but I prefer Safari overall and am leery of Google products.
Anyway, I came across the following Apple KB article re the default DNS numbers: http://support.apple.com/kb/TS348
Basically, you can put in the following DNS numbers manually to speed up Safari’s performance:
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
Since doing this, Safari is back to it’s 4.x snappiness!
It is good to see Safari getting utterly bitchslapped by the MDN readership. As a user of Safari 5.0 on both Mac and PC, it is mindblowing how awful this brower has become. Apple “quality” has tanked big time. Keep up the work MDN readers!
Chrome on Mac is excellent. Camino on Mac is even better