The difference between [the P4] and the [Athlon] die size is frigging huge - AMD's Jerry Sanders III
|
|
|
Microsoft previews IE9 development
THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM working on Microsoft's IE9 web browser has shown off more details about it.
According to Dean Hachamovitch, who is the Vole's general manager for Internet Exploder, the browser will have the "right" foundation for HTML5 applications, including ensuring the same markup and scripts work the same way across browsers.
He said that one of the ways to do this is by integrating the Javascript engine natively inside the browser, rather than bolting it onto the side to support multiple engines.
Apparently in the giddy world of HTML5 how you package your Javascript engine with the browser is almost as important as running the software.
Microsoft's new Javascript engine is codenamed Chakra but the Vole didn't explain the name.
Using the Webkit.org Sunspider, apparently IE9 PP4 can manage to run a Javascript test script in 326 milliseconds, which is 11 times faster than IE8 and the Safari 5.0 browser from Apple.
Microsoft is releasing new updates to IE9 approximately every eight weeks, and is hinting that the next release could be the public beta. If this happens then the great unwashed might be using the beta version of IE9 by sometime in early October.
The Vole is asking developers to start testing their websites to see if they will work with the Internet Explorer 9 beta and to think about using hardware optimisation.
"With the fourth Platform Preview, we strongly recommend developers, designers, and partners to start getting your sites ready for the IE9 Beta," said Hachamovitch.
He also suggested using the HTML5 doctype and sending IE9 the same standards-based markup that you send other browsers.
He added it was important to use feature detection, not browser detection to handle any cross browser differences in behaviour or feature support. µ
Share this:
Share
You don't hate to 'break it' to us.
Also @ Dan: Lots of windows users use other browsers, and lots of people don't use Windows at all.
Well at last Vole got something right and is trying to make IE standard compliant. Thanks god that web is (somehow) neutral. But I still say IE sucks! Even tried the 8 version and couldn't work with it more than 10 minutes. They should clean up IE interface.
BTW for those who say IE9 doesn't support XP, it's not big deal I'm sure plenty other browsers will;)
Steam users PCs are in no way a representation of the general populations PCs. Steam Users are gamers and generally have a higher performance and more up to date system... newer operating system on average.
But a Sunspider benchmark of 328ms is slightly slower than Safari 4 and more than 40% down on Safari 5. MS have a way to go before they equal Safari, Opera and Chrome.
See http://gavinroy.com/how-does-safari-5s-javascript-performance-sta for the numbers.
This doesn't help all those corporate users who are shackled to IE6. What about an IE9 with the ability to run an optimized IE6 engine that is sandboxed and separated from the IE9 engine. Maybe then some of these lazy ass corporate systems won't be so scared to upgrade the browser and heaven forbid they upgrade their creaky crashy old web apps.
The generic meaning of Chakra is "wheel" (in Sanskrit and several Indian languages). Chakras are also used to describe the "energy centers" in the human body. Google for more info on this.
1. XP is two releases old.
2. In the latest Steam Hardware survey, XP held a 30% share of usage. Windows 7 64 bit alone had a higher share. Combined with 32 bit and Vista 64/32, Windows 9 will be targetting over 63% of all existing users. So if a majority of Windows users stick with "creaky" IE8 it is of their own doing.
And IE9 requires Vista or Windows 7 to run, which means that the majority of computer users will either stick with creaky IE8 or use non-Microsoft browsers.