by Alan S.
25. August 2010 06:25
Microsoft's Russian Web site today revealed details about the new Internet Explorer 9 (IE9) user interface, touting new features such as quick-release tabs and a Chrome-like search bar.
The big changes are to the top section of the browser. They have dispensed with traditional menus, put tabs at the top the browser window and combined the address and search bars, just like Google’s Chrome.
"Your browser is not overloaded with navigation elements, and compared with other browsers leaves more space for the site," a machine translation of the promotional copy read. "Now the user sees only what is necessary for navigation."
Mozilla's next major upgrade, Firefox 4, will feature tabs on top and will eliminate the traditional Windows menus above the browser's content area, two features popularized by Chrome.
One of the neatest features for us was the fact that individual tabs can be placed on the taskbar, thus if you want to bring up a site tab that you have active in IE, you just one-click it off the taskbar.
After it’s release (September 15th), we’ll have to check our stats again and see if the changes have struck a chord with users.
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