{"id":616,"date":"2011-02-06T18:23:59","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T00:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/?p=616"},"modified":"2017-08-01T22:07:04","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T03:07:04","slug":"microsofts-ie9-copies-googles-chrome-mozillas-firefox","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/2011\/02\/06\/microsofts-ie9-copies-googles-chrome-mozillas-firefox\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft&#8217;s IE9 Copies Google&#8217;s Chrome &#038; Mozilla&#8217;s Firefox"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Internet Explorer 9 is Finally a Useful Experience<\/h2>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been working on a new website and decided to download the new Internet Explorer 9 Beta browser to see if it supports CSS3 border-radius code (it does). \u00a0I was struck by how blatantly Microsoft ripped off Google Chrome, a browser I&#8217;ve been using since the end of 2008. \u00a0This is okay with me, because I love Chrome &#8211; but if I was Google&#8217;s Chrome browser department, I&#8217;d probably be upset. \u00a0That said, I&#8217;ll show some examples below of the similarities between the new IE9-Beta with Chrome &amp; Firefox.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>IE9-Beta&#8217;s Similarities with Chrome &amp; Firefox:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Sleek look with no Menu Bar, Status Bar, Bookmarks Bar, etc&#8230; as a default setting (like Chrome).<\/li>\n<li>Address Bar doubles as a search engine (like Chrome).<\/li>\n<li>The Icons are nearly identical between IE9 and Chrome &#8211; the little house (home), the star (bookmark), the refresh arrow&#8230; \u00a0Granted, all three browsers have the same icons now, but IE used to be very different in this aspect.<\/li>\n<li>When you open a new tab on IE9&#8217;s tabbed browsing (by default) you go to a page with your 8 most visited sites shown nearly identically to the way Chrome lays them out.<\/li>\n<li>Maybe I&#8217;m getting petty here, but the larger &#8220;back&#8221; button, smaller &#8220;front&#8221; (?) button are similar to Firefox&#8217;s browser.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_619\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 550px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IE-9-Beta-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-619\" title=\"IE-9-Beta-1\" src=\"http:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IE-9-Beta-1-600x60.png\" alt=\"IE-9-Beta-1\" width=\"550\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IE-9-Beta-1-600x60.png 600w, https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IE-9-Beta-1-150x15.png 150w, https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IE-9-Beta-1-300x30.png 300w, https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IE-9-Beta-1.png 803w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">IE-9-Beta-1<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_622\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 550px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Mozilla-Firefox.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-622\" title=\"Mozilla-Firefox\" src=\"http:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Mozilla-Firefox-600x67.png\" alt=\"Mozilla-Firefox\" width=\"550\" height=\"61\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Mozilla-Firefox-600x67.png 600w, https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Mozilla-Firefox-150x16.png 150w, https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Mozilla-Firefox-300x33.png 300w, https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Mozilla-Firefox.png 1139w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Mozilla-Firefox<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_620\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 550px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IE-9-Beta-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-620\" title=\"IE-9-Beta-2\" src=\"http:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IE-9-Beta-2-600x59.png\" alt=\"IE-9-Beta-2\" width=\"550\" height=\"54\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IE-9-Beta-2-600x59.png 600w, https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IE-9-Beta-2-150x14.png 150w, https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IE-9-Beta-2-300x29.png 300w, https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IE-9-Beta-2.png 815w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">IE-9-Beta-2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_618\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 550px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Google-Chrome.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-618\" title=\"Google-Chrome\" src=\"http:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Google-Chrome-600x51.png\" alt=\"Google-Chrome\" width=\"550\" height=\"46\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Google-Chrome-600x51.png 600w, https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Google-Chrome-150x12.png 150w, https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Google-Chrome-300x25.png 300w, https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Google-Chrome.png 1124w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Google-Chrome<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_621\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 550px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IE-9-Beta-3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-621\" title=\"IE-9-Beta-3\" src=\"http:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IE-9-Beta-3-600x337.png\" alt=\"IE-9-Beta-3\" width=\"550\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IE-9-Beta-3-600x337.png 600w, https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IE-9-Beta-3-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IE-9-Beta-3-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/IE-9-Beta-3.png 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">IE-9-Beta-3<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_627\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 550px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Google-Chrome-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-627\" title=\"Google-Chrome-2\" src=\"http:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Google-Chrome-2-600x337.png\" alt=\"Google-Chrome-2\" width=\"550\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Google-Chrome-2-600x337.png 600w, https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Google-Chrome-2-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Google-Chrome-2-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Google-Chrome-2.png 1366w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Google-Chrome-2<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>They say impersonation is the sincerest form of flattery.<\/h3>\n<p>Either way, I like the new IE9, because I like Google Chrome. \u00a0If anything, Firefox is the browser that needs to catch up with Chrome and IE to render CSS better (as of the time of this writing). \u00a0I&#8217;m guessing Microsoft got complacent after decimating Netscape and years of 90% browser market share, but now that IE has lost half of its users to the competition (see chart below, from <a title=\"Wikipedia's &quot;Web Browser Market Share&quot; article\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Usage_share_of_web_browsers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia<\/a>), the IE team seem to have finally awaken&#8230; and decided that copying what&#8217;s working in the marketplace (Chrome) is the fastest way to getting back into the browser race.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_623\" class=\"thumbnail wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"width: 550px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Web_browser_usage_share-Jan-2011.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-623\" title=\"Web_browser_usage_share-Jan-2011\" src=\"http:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Web_browser_usage_share-Jan-2011-600x600.png\" alt=\"Web_browser_usage_share-Jan-2011\" width=\"550\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Web_browser_usage_share-Jan-2011-600x600.png 600w, https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Web_browser_usage_share-Jan-2011-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Web_browser_usage_share-Jan-2011-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/Web_browser_usage_share-Jan-2011.png 630w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"caption wp-caption-text\">Web_browser_usage_share-Jan-2011<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>I&#8217;m Still Going to Use Chrome<\/h3>\n<p>There&#8217;s still features on IE9 that I find annoying, and some that I use and find missing on IE9. \u00a0What do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was struck by how blatantly Microsoft ripped off Google Chrome, a browser I&#8217;ve been using since the end of 2008.  This is okay with me, because I love Chrome &#8211; but if I were Google&#8217;s Chrome browser department, I&#8217;d probably be upset.  That said, I&#8217;ll show some examples below of the similarities between the new IE9-Beta &#038; Chrome, Firefox.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":0,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","inline_featured_image":false,"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[189,291,77,190,188,105],"class_list":["post-616","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-rants","tag-browser","tag-fanboy","tag-google","tag-market-share","tag-microsoft","tag-web-design"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"taxonomy_info":{"category":[{"value":5,"label":"Rants"}],"post_tag":[{"value":189,"label":"browser"},{"value":291,"label":"fanboy"},{"value":77,"label":"Google"},{"value":190,"label":"market share"},{"value":188,"label":"Microsoft"},{"value":105,"label":"web design"}]},"featured_image_src_large":["https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/MicroSoft-Internet-Explorer-9.jpg",319,310,false],"author_info":{"display_name":"Kris Bunda","author_link":"https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/author\/kris-bunda\/"},"comment_info":3,"category_info":[{"term_id":5,"name":"Rants","slug":"rants","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":5,"taxonomy":"category","description":"Posts focusing on off-topics, tangents, rascals, etc\u2026","parent":0,"count":32,"filter":"raw","cat_ID":5,"category_count":32,"category_description":"Posts focusing on off-topics, tangents, rascals, etc\u2026","cat_name":"Rants","category_nicename":"rants","category_parent":0}],"tag_info":[{"term_id":189,"name":"browser","slug":"browser","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":189,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":291,"name":"fanboy","slug":"fanboy","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":291,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":2,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":77,"name":"Google","slug":"google","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":77,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":6,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":190,"name":"market share","slug":"market-share","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":190,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":1,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":188,"name":"Microsoft","slug":"microsoft","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":188,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":3,"filter":"raw"},{"term_id":105,"name":"web design","slug":"web-design","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":105,"taxonomy":"post_tag","description":"","parent":0,"count":19,"filter":"raw"}],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/MicroSoft-Internet-Explorer-9.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1NcZe-9W","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/krisbunda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}