# Internet Explore 9 **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 29, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explore-9/583686 "2011-05-29T18:58:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![SanDiegoTim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/85e7bf/32.png) [@SanDiegoTim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanDiegoTim)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2011, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explore-9/583686/1 "2011-05-29T18:58:49Z")
Anyone download this yet? If so, whatchathink? ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2011, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explore-9/583686/2 "2011-05-29T19:47:17Z")
My search box disappeared!😕 ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2011, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explore-9/583686/3 "2011-05-29T19:52:08Z")
The search box was merged with the address bar. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explore-9/583686/4 "2011-05-29T20:17:13Z")
I appear to have it, but frankly I haven’t bothered (and don’t much plan to bother) to learn to use it, especially as they seem to have hidden nearly all the controls away in some non-obvious place. I know my way around Firefox and it does what I need it to do. (Even FF, in its latest version, jumped on the bandwagon of hiding most of the controls by default, but I have managed to did them out by now.) Even if the new IE is better in certain respects, it can’t be more than minor improvements. Who cares if some pages render a tenth of a second faster or something? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2011, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explore-9/583686/5 "2011-05-29T20:17:33Z")
> [@Hunter\_Hawk](#): > > The search box was merged with the address bar. The default search engine is Bing, though, so you should change it to Google. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2011, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explore-9/583686/6 "2011-05-29T20:43:25Z")
I use IE9 on my netbook and when I installed it, it asked me to choose my default search engine. But I like it. I still use K-Meleon (Like Firefox it’s based on Mozilla) for my desktops ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explore-9/583686/7 "2011-05-30T07:09:09Z")
It seems good enough, but I still prefer Firefox for it’s\* greater flexibility. \*It’s or its? Neither looks quite right… ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2011, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explore-9/583686/8 "2011-05-30T07:17:40Z")
_Its_ is correct. _It’s_ is short for “it is.” I still prefer Firefox for “it is” greater flexibility? No. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 10:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explore-9/583686/9 "2011-05-31T10:10:03Z")
IE9 is currently the fastest browser in most cases, with Chrome beating it in some places. Firefox is the most balanced, but is technically slower than both. Opera, Konqueror, and the variants of the above are not included in my assessment. Safari currently is, but a new one is coming out soon, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explore-9/583686/10 "2011-05-31T17:32:56Z")
[moderating] Since this OP is looking for opinions, I’m moving the thread from GQ to IMHO. [/moderating] ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explore-9/583686/11 "2011-05-31T17:39:24Z")
> [@SanDiegoTim](#): > > Anyone download this yet? If so, whatchathink? I don’t use IE much, but I did briefly download version 9. It took about half an hour for me to be hugely irritated by it and I reverted to the previous version. ---
**Author:** ![Illuminatiprimus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/illuminatiprimus/32/11520_2.png) [@Illuminatiprimus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Illuminatiprimus)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explore-9/583686/12 "2011-06-01T09:26:33Z")
Unless there is the threat of having my finger nails pulled out, or some such, you won’t get me using it any time soon. We just upgraded to IE8 at work and the glaring contrast between my net experience here and between my chrome/FF browsing at home is extremely unpleasant. On a related note, does anyone _actually_ have Bing as their first choice for a search engine? ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explore-9/583686/13 "2011-06-01T17:00:18Z")
> [@Illuminatiprimus](#): > > On a related note, does anyone _actually_ have Bing as their first choice for a search engine? There was a stealth Microsoft update last year (or the year before) that changed one’s default search engine to Bing; I think it was called the Search Optimization Buttfucker or something. It was the single biggest reason I declined to use Bing. If MS feels they have to force or trick its users into using it, screw 'em. ---
**Author:** ![Keweenaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/da6949/32.png) [@Keweenaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keweenaw)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/internet-explore-9/583686/14 "2011-06-01T17:33:23Z")
My wife updated to IE 9 on her vista laptop and then couldn’t print anything due to script errors. Reverted her back to IE 8.