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IE9 was downloaded 2.3 million times in 24 hours
SOFTWARE DEVELOPER Microsoft has announced that its Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) web browser has been downloaded over two million times in 24 hours.
Microsoft released IE9 earlier this week with much fanfare at the South by Southwest conference in Texas, hoping that the browser would reverse the firm's fortunes against rival products from Apple, Google, Mozilla and Opera. Microsoft claims that users have downloaded IE9 more than 2.35 million times in the first 24 hours since its release.
The Vole's latest iteration of Internet Explorer has received generally favourable reviews. Microsoft is banking heavily on IE9 reclaiming the market share it has lost to its rivals, in particular Google and Mozilla.
While Google has been rapidly updating its Chrome web browser, the biggest browser release of 2011 will likely be Mozilla's Firefox 4. The Mozilla Foundation revealed the first Firefox 4 release candidate last week, though it has announced no firm date on when Firefox 4 will hit general release.
Microsoft's 2.35 million downloads of IE9 might be lower than the 8 million plus that Firefox 3 managed when it was released, but unlike Mozilla's browser, IE9 is available for only Windows Vista and Windows 7 users.
No doubt the Vole will be trumpeting much larger download figures for its latest Internet Exploder after 21 March when it starts pushing the browser through its Windows Update channel.
The real battle for Microsoft will begin when Mozilla finally releases Firefox 4, which shouldn't be too long. µ
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2.3 million is not bad especially when you consider most people will wait for it to be available in Windows update and large corporates will only really be interested when IE10 comes round.
It's good to see Microsoft delivering quickly on this as well. Maybe the Windows Phone department can learn something...
Right click next to the tabs and click "show tabs on a separate row"
So we all decided to assume MS does not lie and twist the truth? And that that never happened before? OK then..
In the next 5 years it will be forcefully pre-installed on 1 billion computers.
On the other hand, Chrome and Firefox will voluntarily be installed on 50% of those computers.
2.3 million installs is nothing. Most of those were updates to the release candidate.
This is just another instance of Microsoft belying their alleged top marks in ethics by exaggerating their success rate.
I installed IE9 at work to test it some since it will be deployed in future images. It's really not all that bad and certainly feels responsive. The only two complaints after spending an afternoon with it are:
- I don't like how the tabs can't be moved below the menu bar. They look OK in their default position but I tend to keep many tabs open and need more space.
- It does not ask if I want to save tabs on exit.
Sorry about the double post.
Rip, I know that Cleartype can be adjusted in Windows with a tool that MS provides, making text sharper if that is your preference. I am wondering if this would adjust the font in IE9 as well.
I will give it a go, otherwise MS can keep the browser. Can't stand blurry nor extremely sharp text.
People, just take the news like it is. They had 2.3 millions downloads, whoop de du, congratulations to them and all that.
If you feel the need to downplay then you need to find out why do you feel intimidated and/or stalked. And if you are not a developer for one of the other browser flavors you should check your priorities.
I will check it out, but I am holding out for Firefox 4. I would love to switch to Chrome but their lack luster support for tab management (tabs shrink so tiny, why not add multiple rows?) and arrogance when asked about it is a constant turn off for me. Wish it wasn't so because I like everything else about the design.
blurry as hell
switched back to IE8,
no pain for eyes
I think then there is some serious trouble in downloading, so people keep on redownloading
How many of us download software to give it a try, only to uninstall or ignore once we've had our geek afternoon of fun. Or, in the case of IE, just to keep the machine up-to-date with no plans to start using the browser as default. With all the IE9 hype of late, is 2.3 million downloads - even if XP and down are not eligible - that stunning a number?
I was unaware you were able to save files directly to the recycle bin
What an apt word to summarize the travesty that is the IE family of browsers.
Chrome it is and will be for me.
Downloaded for 2.3M for the last 24hrs? Yeah, maybe.. I'm sure that's just for purpose of 'tasting' what's new on the menu but later on going back again for either Firefox of Opera.
You always go back to where you feel safe and secure!!
One of our developers download it but he had trouble viewing images afterwards in Google images. He had to revert to a previous snap-shot which thankfully worked. Seems that some tweaking may still be needed
It would be interesting to see uninstall numbers in 24 hours. It only took 5 crashes for me to do so, presumably other people will have had similar experiences (including at least two of my colleagues and my house mate!)
Number of downloads resulting from marketing/hype will gradually make way for real usage numbers.
Back to IE8 for me