Andre Yoskowitz
9 Mar 2011 17:18
Microsoft has announced today, via blog post, that Internet Explorer 9 will be available on March 14th.
The release candidate of the updated browser was launched at the end of February.
Microsoft has transformed IE9, adding a URL/Search bar like Chrome, and going or a "minimalist" look, leaving more room for actual browsing.
IE9 users will also be able to pin sites and bookmarks to the Windows taskbar, use a built-in download manager (for the first time ever) and see hardware acceleration for HTML5 video.
ActiveX filtering and other security features have been added, as well.
While most of the IE9 features were visible in the Release Candidate, but the company promises they "have a few surprises left."