IE9 Beta Is Out!

I’ve been waiting for this for ages, and I’d heard IE9 was seriously awesome, so I couldn’t wait to install it! Overall, my impression is pretty good! Why switch to IE9? Well, how do I put it… my IE8 kept crashing~ boo hoo, so it was time to switch……

Go to IE9’s official website to download the Chinese version. IE9 has now completely given up on XP users, so if you’re on XP and want to use it, your only option is to upgrade your operating system! (Portal to the download: download link)

Installation is easy~ done in a few steps, then restart after installing

I opened IE9 and it was super fast! Then of course I opened my own little blog and took a look. Very nice, nothing out of place! Absolutely perfect. IE9’s support for the Microsoft YaHei font is spot on! The rendering is suuuper good!

Next up is IE9’s tab dragging! Just like Chrome and FireFox! That was a given, of course! Heh~

Then I browsed a few websites. First I went to Bank of China’s site, since my online banking is with Bank of China. I opened my personal banking page and, uh…… the tab crashed! Mind-blowing……

So I thought about it~ well, there’s still a workaround: use IETester. I won’t go into it, just download IETester and you’re set.

IE9 starts up incredibly fast, a few seconds maybe! Suuuper quick!

But why does the IE9 logo look so much like IE6’s…… uh~ speechless…… IE9 still has quite a few bugs, so if you hate hassle, I’d suggest not trying it……

I ran into a few bugs myself, like weird, unexplained errors when writing posts in WLW…… link address tooltips that won’t go away…… and so on…… It is a Beta after all~ we can’t expect too much from it, ha…… This is just a little trial run anyway. IE9 supports CSS3 and HTML5, which is great~ I hope IE6 dies off soon and everyone gets on IE9! Haha! That’s just my wishful thinking, of course!

IE9 Beta is out! Hurry up and give it a try, everyone!