bill - 5:42 am on Nov 19, 2009 (gmt 0)

Internet Explorer 9 Preview [winsupersite.com] Performance The company explained this week that it examined how similar sites actually tax browsers in different ways--some are script-heavy, for example, while others are not--and its architecting IE 9 to handle these different needs properly. Interoperability standards Microsoft has taken a lot of flak for its lackluster adherence to web standards, but the company appears ready to reverse that reputation in IE 9. Hardware acceleration "We've moved the IE rendering engine from GDI to DirectX."

As an early Alpha build they still have a lot of work to do on this product. It is nice to hear that they are moving forward with IE development and not letting it stagnate like they did in the past. Standards compliance would be nice!