

- Microsoft internet explorer 9 for android install#
- Microsoft internet explorer 9 for android download#
The only time you see a warning is for a file that IE 9 hasn’t seen before or that isn’t signed by a known publisher - and you still get the option to run the file, but because the warning is rare you might just pay attention to it. If it’s a known file, signed by a reputable developer it just downloads and you can choose to open or run it, save it quickly in your Downloads folder or choose where to put it.
Microsoft internet explorer 9 for android download#
The built-in malware protection is a refreshing change instead of the usual nagging-nanny warnings asking over and over if you really want to download a file that you click through without reading, IE 9 calculates reputation for every executable download it comes across. IE 9 scores well for security as well the exploits that took down IE 8 in the Pwn2own competition were already fixed in the IE 9 RC at the time of the competition, for example.

The Web will keep moving on, but the line in the sand that Microsoft has drawn will be just what the majority of mainstream users want, at least for now. The big question is how well IE 9 will keep up with faster releases of other browsers as more specs firm up Microsoft hasn’t confirmed rumours that it will carry on doing “platform previews” for enthusiasts (and many businesses don’t want the browser to be a moving target itself). On the majority of real-world websites, IE 9 does well with complex pages and web apps - at least as they are today. The last five points that IE 9 doesn’t score on Acid 3 are down to two technologies that the SVG working group plans to replace or retire. The popular HTML test sites aren’t a good representation of the HTML5 and related standards some cherry pick specs to test, others put undue emphasis on rare or even defunct specs.
Microsoft internet explorer 9 for android install#
IE plumps for H.264, on the grounds that it’s widely used - and widely hardware accelerated - but if you install the WebM codec that works in IE 9, so you get the choice. One controversial area in HTML5 is the Video tag although the official line is that there’s no specific codec for Video, Google is promoting its WebM codec. It’s not the IE you know and mock of course, it’s not perfect, but if you haven’t used IE in years you’ll at least want to try it out. None of that is true of IE 9 it’s screamingly fast, includes a good range of web standards, has an interface so minimal you can be forgiven for thinking it’s trying to be Chrome, has some really innovative security and privacy ideas - and the option for pinning sites is popular with real websites. IE 8 wasn’t that slow, unless - like most people - you ended up with dozens of addons you didn’t know were installed grinding it to a halt, but the big idea of Web slices and Accelerators never caught on and you couldn’t call it a “modern” standards-based browser.


Well, IE 6 might have been all that IE 7 had so much catching up to do that it didn’t address enough standards, although it did make significant progress on security. (Pocket-lint) - For years Internet Explorer has been a bit of a joke buggy, slow, insecure and breaking web standards.
