Internet Explorer 9

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h2 style="text-align: justify;"><b itemprop="description">Microsoft's browser is becoming more up-to-date</b></h2><div style="text-align: justify;">The classic Microsoft browser lets you <b>browse online</b> while setting a whole host of options (security, privacy, ease of use).</div><div style="text-align: justify;">  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdaNz3NZ-kr1D92Is3TFuLplV9iXVg0gS18sY67G75JNLaJbnsZze9sHcGHIoa733vKNdLaWVZErRJR6A65H9ErA5A6NeI3VDcWOUSJ7DK9KrYbQmupxj1tHtcMuVLI982J1_UeylJnJ67/s1600/Internet+Explorer+9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Internet Explorer 9" border="0" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdaNz3NZ-kr1D92Is3TFuLplV9iXVg0gS18sY67G75JNLaJbnsZze9sHcGHIoa733vKNdLaWVZErRJR6A65H9ErA5A6NeI3VDcWOUSJ7DK9KrYbQmupxj1tHtcMuVLI982J1_UeylJnJ67/s1600/Internet+Explorer+9.jpg" title="Internet Explorer 9" width="320" /></a></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;">New options for security and privacy</h3><div style="text-align: justify;">Internet Explorer 9 has a new look and provides many options that allows it to edge closer to its competition. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">In terms of privacy, the "InPrivate" feature (allowing you to <b>browse incognito</b>) is greatly appreciated and allows you to open sessions without storing the visited pages in your history or accepting cookies. It's also now possible to customize your privacy options to choose what kind of data you want to share with the sites you visit. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">Security also seems to have been refined by Microsoft, and Internet Explorer 9 now offers us new tools such as <b>protection against tracking</b> and SmartScreen Filter (which allows you to check the security certificate of the sites you visit to avoid undesirable pages).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;">Customize your web browsing experience</h3><div style="text-align: justify;">Internet Explorer 9 is an opportunity for Microsoft to (finally) incorporate a system of tabs in the browser. It's no longer necessary to open a new window for each different page you visit, and believe us, this new feature really is a breath of fresh air for Internet Explorer. It's a shame, however, that this innovation has taken so long (much longer than it took the competition) to be introduced!</div><div style="text-align: justify;">However, it's the browser that offers some of the most interesting options. It's possible to customize the language options to choose which versions to display for websites. Convenient if you're traveling abroad or you always want to display web pages in a language other than that of your browser. You can also change the search engine options to choose your favorite, and you don't necessarily need to use Bing as the base.</div><div style="text-align: justify;">In terms of extensions, Internet Explorer 9 is also catching up and now offers more additional plug-ins to customize your browser. However, don't expect a plethora of extensions, Internet Explorer always blames its delay on other browsers like Firefox! However, the new <b>performance center for extensions</b> offers a helpful option for reviewing resource consumption, so you can quickly identify extensions that are likely to slow down your browsing experience.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;">A browser that's constantly improving...but still has far to go</h3><div style="text-align: justify;">There's no doubt that Microsoft has radically revised its copy for Internet Explorer 9, with new (and welcome) options on privacy, security and extensions. Special mention must go to the performance center for extensions, which is definitely a one-up on its competitors. </div><div style="text-align: justify;">But despite efforts by the developer, <b>Internet Explorer 9 is still too far behind its main competitors</b>. Nowhere near as fast as Chrome, as versatile as Firefox or as lightweight as Opera, Microsoft's browser is too light on extensions and too heavy to get up any real speed. Internet Explorer 9 is a decent browser, but nowhere near the top of the genre.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"></div><a name="more"></a><div style="text-align: right;"> <a class="button big blue" href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/C/3/B/C3BF2EF4-E764-430C-BDCE-479F2142FC81/IE9-Windows7-x86-enu.exe">Download</a></div></div></div>

Microsoft's browser is becoming more up-to-date The classic Microsoft browser lets you browse online  while setting a whole host of opti...

Internet Explorer 8

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h2 style="text-align: left;">Microsoft gets back on track with a promising web browser</h2><div class="track_links" id="review_data"><b>Internet Explorer 8</b> is Microsoft's incredibly popular web browser. Almost everyone has used some version of it, and you can be sure all websites will support it. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1KTQUE-JiGw2d7J6hrQ7dtjARqmn_fgLqyFm_rfBfBP8Uu1VKy-JTKHhupTaMwfyTZhGYayRu_bxXLz0tdtQEYIFg2N_7508pbUg-GfRMGc8cO8LqUzx8an4w4oY0dK6upkKO-QeZFE4q/s1600/Internet+Explorer+8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Internet Explorer 8" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1KTQUE-JiGw2d7J6hrQ7dtjARqmn_fgLqyFm_rfBfBP8Uu1VKy-JTKHhupTaMwfyTZhGYayRu_bxXLz0tdtQEYIFg2N_7508pbUg-GfRMGc8cO8LqUzx8an4w4oY0dK6upkKO-QeZFE4q/s1600/Internet+Explorer+8.jpg" title="Internet Explorer 8" /></a></div><br /><h3>What new functionlity does IE 8 bring?</h3>Internet Explorer 8 includes two main new tools: one is<b> Accelerators</b> (previously known as Activities), and the other is <b>Web Slices</b>. The first one gives you direct access to various online services just by right-clicking anywhere on the web page or on highlighted text. For instance, you can look up a word, map an address or perform a search with those marked words. The main drawback is that all these options use Microsoft's Windows Live services which means that you're stuck with them.<br />Regarding Internet Explorer's Web Slices, these are a kind of RSS-style tool that tracks changes and updates to selected websites and keeps you informed about them. It comes in really handy for tracking small changes that can't be followed by RSS, without having to visit the site: online auction bids, stock exchange values, weather information and more.<br />Besides these two tools, Internet Explorer 8 also includes many interesting new features. One of them, the '<b>Suggested sites</b>' function, recommends new websites you may not know about, based on your browsing history. <br /><br /><h3>The return of the menu bar</h3>The interface of Internet Explorer 8 hasn't changed that much compared to older versions, except for one small detail; the <b>menu bar</b> is back and shows up by default again. Besides that, everything else is in place: the address bar is again on top of the interface, and Favorites are accessible via a drop-down menu. <br /><br /><h3>Protecting your privacy and security</h3>Internet Explorer 8 includes <b>InPrivate Browsing</b>, Internet Explorer's version of the popular Chrome Incognito mode. While InPrivate Browsing is on, the browser won't save data, including cookies, history and temporary Internet files. As for security, Internet Explorer 8 includes the so-called <b>SmartScreen filter</b>, which prevents you from entering fraudulent websites and protects you from online phishing scams. <br /><br /><h3>The verdict</h3><b>Internet Explorer 8 is truly a giant step forward, and proves that Microsoft is working hard to offer a more secure, compatible and customizable browser.</b><br /><br /></div><h3><b>Recent changes</b></h3><ul id="program_improvements"><li>Web Slices - subscribe to specific content from web pages<br /></li><li>Visual search box<br /></li><li>Suggested sites<br /></li><li>Accelerators<br /></li><li>Improved performance<br /></li><li>New tabs features<br /></li><li>Improved search<br /></li><li>Tab grouping<br /></li><li>Improved zoom</li></ul><br /><a name="more"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a class="button big blue" href="http://download.microsoft.com/download/C/C/0/CC0BD555-33DD-411E-936B-73AC6F95AE11/IE8-WindowsXP-x86-ENU.exe">Download</a></div></div>

Microsoft gets back on track with a promising web browser Internet Explorer 8 is Microsoft's incredibly popular web browser. Almost eve...