The improvements to Internet Explorer are as much about what you don’t
see as what you do see. Internet Explorer 9 has a streamlined design,
fewer dialog boxes to click through, more intuitive navigation, and many
new features that speed up your web browsing experience. Features like
Pinned Sites let you pin your favorite website directly to the taskbar
for one-click access. Other features, like hardware acceleration,
deliver an all-around faster browsing experience. With Internet Explorer
9, websites perform and feel more like the programs you use every day
on your PC. OS : Windows 7 (x86/x64) Released : February 11, 2011 Streamlined designThe
first thing you’ll notice when you open Internet Explorer 9 is the
compact user interface. Most command bar functions, like Print or Zoom,
can now be accessed by clicking the Tools button, and your favorites
appear when you click the Favorites button. Otherwise, Internet Explorer
gives you the basic controls you need, and lets the web take center
stage. Pinned SitesIf
you visit certain webpages regularly, Pinned Sites allows you access
them directly from the taskbar on your Windows 7 desktop. Pinning a
site is simple: click the icon to the left of the web address in the
address bar (or the website icon on the New Tab page) and drag it to the
taskbar—the website’s icon will stay there until you remove it. When
you click the icon later, the website will open in Internet Explorer. Whenever
you open a pinned site, the website icon appears at the top of the
browser, so you have easy access to the website home page (you can also
add multiple home page tabs in addition to the primary home page). The
Back and Forward buttons change color to match the color of the icon. Download ManagerDownload
Manager is a powerful new feature that keeps a running list of the
files you download from the Internet and notifies you when a file could
be malicious. It also lets you pause and restart a download—if you have a
slow internet connection—and shows you where to find downloaded files
on your computer. You can clear the list at any time. Enhanced tabsTabbed
browsing allows you to move easily between multiple open webpages in a
single window, but there might be times when you want to look at two
tabbed pages at the same time. Tear-off tabs allow you to drag a tab out
of Internet Explorer to open the tab’s webpage in a new window, and
Snap it for side-by-side viewing. New Tab pageThe
redesigned New Tab page displays the sites you visit most often and
color codes them for quick navigation. A site indicator bar also shows
how often you visit each site, and you can remove or hide the displayed
sites anytime you like. Search in the address barYou
can now search directly from the address bar. If you enter a website’s
address, you’ll go directly to the website. If you enter a search term
or incomplete address, you will launch a search using the currently
selected search engine. Click the address bar to select your search
engine from the listed icons or to add new ones. When you search
from the address bar, you’ll have the option of opening a search results
page or the top search result (if your search engine supports the
feature). You can also get optional search suggestions in the address
bar—but they are off by default, in case you don’t want to share what
you type with a search provider. Notification BarThe
Notification Bar that appears at the bottom of Internet Explorer gives
you important status information when you need it, but it won’t force
you to click a series of messages to continue browsing. Add-on Performance AdvisorAdd-ons,
such as toolbars, can enhance your browsing experience, but they can
also slow it down. Add-on Performance Advisor tells you if an add-on is
slowing down your browser performance, and then allow you to disable or
remove it. Hardware accelerationTo
speed up performance, Internet Explorer uses the power of your
computer’s graphics processor, also known as a GPU, to handle
graphics-heavy tasks like video streaming or online gaming. By tapping
into the GPU, Internet Explorer delivers a faster and more immersive web
experience. Tracking ProtectionSome
content on websites can be used to track your activity as you browse
the web. Tracking Protection allows you to limit the browser’s
communication with certain websites—determined by a Tracking Protection
List—to help keep your information private. Anyone can create Tracking
Protection Lists, and there should be many to choose from in the near
future. ActiveX FilteringActiveX
is a technology that allows web developers to create interactive
content on their sites, but it can also pose a security risk. Internet
Explorer allows you to block ActiveX controls for all sites, and then
turn them back on for only the sites that you trust. Product page Download Internet Explorer 9 Build 9.0.8080.16413 RC x86 – 19.1 MB | x64 – 36.1 MB Download languages for Internet Explorer 9 RC here
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