Internet Explorer 9 Beta Screenshots Leaked. Dropping in September

IE 9 Screenshots Leaked, Beta Dropping in September

By Taimur Asad | July 30th, 2010

Microsoft Chief Operating Officer Kevin Turner at the Financial Analyst Meeting today has revealed that the Redmond based company is planning to drop a beta version of Internet Explorer 9 sometime in September of this year. Sources at Neowin has given September 2nd as the possible date for the release.

Internet Explorer 9 Preview

A Chinese website, which goes by the name of cnBeta has managed to get its hands on some leaked screenshots which shows off the new Download Manager, and Google Chrome like “Popular Sites” page in action. While most of the UI is currently same as its predecessor, according to Tom Warren of Neowin, IE 9 will get a much needed facelift before it is released to public.

IE 9 (1) Most Popular Sites page in Internet Explorer 9

IE 9 (2) New Download Manager in Internet Explorer 9

[via All About Microsoft | The Next Web]

P.S. This was my 1000th post on Redmond Pie.

View Comments on "IE 9 Screenshots Leaked, Beta Dropping in September"

Mr. Quackers July 29th, 2010
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Congratulations on your 1000th post Taimur!

Stephen July 29th, 2010
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congrats on the 1000th… keep up the good work!

EOCM July 29th, 2010
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same shit

hmmm July 29th, 2010
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chrome + firefox ?

Rossdav July 29th, 2010
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Am I the only one? Who cares…?
Okay, I slightly care because someday perhaps Windows users will actually use this version and be somewhat standards compliant – dragging all those stupid websites based on “FrontPage” and IE6 (or whatever) into the 21st century.
I can hope.

Abstractcult July 29th, 2010
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congrats on the 1000th post ^_^

Apple iPhone July 29th, 2010
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Any improve in term of speed?

soggybacon July 29th, 2010
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A new tab page and a download manager… You really can say that IE has caught up now. It looks like the best ever!</sarcasm>

Seriously, there is NO WAY left for Microsoft to improve their products. The old quote was, “Redmond, start your photocopiers.” Now, it's more like, “Redmond, we'll get some photocopiers in a couple years.”

soggybacon July 29th, 2010
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By the way, is that the new logo? It looks shockingly… You finish the sentence.

soggybacon July 29th, 2010
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LOL… Why were they downloading iWork?!!!

Gurpreen July 30th, 2010
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this is no change, other browsers do this better

Daniyo27 July 30th, 2010
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congratz man on ye 1000th post! like how you update us with the latest stuff! :]

Davis Nyabuti July 30th, 2010
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I thought they were going to do something with the Tabs .. like the new Firefox (beta) or Opera. This design reminds me of IE 7 and IE 8 both of which have not been very friendly. I love IE but it has failed to love me back. Maybe this year will be different. I cannot wait to test it

My Nucleus Tech

hasi_wk July 31st, 2010
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Chrome+FF Rulez

Kwad_Kore August 18th, 2010
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In internet explorer 8, disable the favourites, and the menu bar on the tooolbar, open a second ab, and Voila IE9 screenshots! I don’t think this is the real IE9