November 19 2009

IE9 will be faster and rounder

The Internet Explorer team has given their first look at what web standards advances they’re making for IE9. So far they’re committed to big performance gains, rounded corners, and CSS3 selectors. This is a big deal because it’s the first time Microsoft has implemented a new working draft web standard in many many years.

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3 Comments

  1. derek
    Nov 19 2009
    9:12 am

    Nice of them to pretend like they’re trying, but they’ve said they’re commited to adapting to standards before. Looking at that blog, they still only hit a 32% on the Acid3 test – compared to say Chrome which gets 100. A looong way to go.

  2. Allen
    Nov 19 2009
    9:41 am

    Yeah, it is a long way to go. On the other hand, in IE7 they didn’t complete the Acid2 test, so they’re making consistent progress, just slowly.

  3. Curtis Lassam
    Nov 19 2009
    3:22 pm

    Woo! ROUNDED CORNERS! Yeeeaaaah!

    There’s nothin’ I love more than the sexy slither of a rounded corner.

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