14 DAY TRIAL // Today’s users have more choices than ever when it comes down to what browser to run, and as soon as Microsoft wraps up Internet Explorer 9, which should be anytime now, they’ll have a new one. Always beneficial, choice fueled by the race between competitive browser makers means that users now have a veritable pick of the litter.
Some resources provided by Microsoft recently are designed to highlight why Internet Explorer 9 is a better option for customers.
I have already told you about a comparison chart that the software giant put together illustrating the advantages of IE9 over IE8 and IE7.
But in the company’s perspective, IE9 is also better than rivals Chrome 9.0 and Firefox 4.0. The way I see it, browser superiority is, for the most part, in the eye of the beholder.
While I doubt there will be any voices criticizing Microsoft’s claims that IE9 leaves IE8 and IE7 in the dust, I find it harder to believe that the company’s comparison of Firefox 4.0 and Chrome 9.0 to IE9, in which both rivals are found lacking, will not generate some negative reactions.
According to the comparison chart included with this article, the software giant notes that IE9 has bested Firefox 4.0 and Chrome 9.0 in several key aspects, including performance, ease of use, security, reliability, compatibility and web standards support, and developer tools.
Like I have already said in the past, I do believe that IE9 is superior to all of its predecessors to a point where releases such as IE7 and IE8 have almost nothing in common with the next generation of IE.
And I already also said that IE9 is a valid alternative to rival browsers from Mozilla and Google, with IE8 simply not measuring up to the challenge.
Having used IE9 since September 2010, the feeling is that the IE team has truly reinvented Internet Explorer, and not even giving Internet Explorer 9 a try means missing out on IE’s amazing reboot.
Among some of the IE9 advantages that Microsoft boasts over Firefox 4.0 and Chrome 9.0 are multiple rendering engines, H.264 support for HTML5 video, Compatibility Mode View, protection against socially engineered malware, Jump Lists and accelerators, full hardware acceleration and better management of slow add-ons that impact performance.
I am more than sure that had Google or Mozilla made their own browser comparison charts, they would look quite different from Microsoft’s. What do you think?
