With this weeks release of the Internet Explorer 9 Beta more info is starting to come online to help us understand the design and functionality of Microsoft latest version of their flagship web browser.
Along with all the resources mention in our IE9 Beta Release post – the IE9 Product Guide is now available from Microsoft:
This document is extensive – 93 pages worth!
You can download the various language versions of the IE9 Beta here.
Also saw a post from gHacks Technology News which listed all the direct download links for the IE9 Beta:
- English: Internet Explorer 9 Beta Vista 32-bit, Vista 64-bit, Windows 7 32-bit, Windows 7 64-bit
- French: Internet Explorer 9 Beta Vista 32-bit, Windows 7 32-bit, Windows 7 64-bit
- German: Internet Explorer 9 Beta Vista 32-bit, Windows 7 32-bit, Windows 7 64-bit
- Italian: Internet Explorer 9 Beta Vista 32-bit, Windows 7 32-bit, Windows 7 64-bit
- Russian: Internet Explorer 9 Beta Vista 32-bit, Windows 7 32-bit, Windows 7 64-bit
- Spanish: Internet Explorer 9 Beta Vista 32-bit, Windows 7 32-bit, Windows 7 64-bit
- Chinese Simplified: Internet Explorer 9 Beta Vista 32-bit, Vista 64-bit, Windows 7 32-bit, Windows 7 64-bit
At the SBS Diva Blog there is a summary of articles from the Microsoft Knowledge Base about IE9 as well:
- Webpages may appear garbled or distorted and the colors may be displayed incorrectly in Internet Explorer 9 Beta:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2396576 - Internet Explorer 9 Beta is no longer installed after you upgrade from Windows Vista to Windows 7:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2396587 - You experiences slow performance in Internet Explorer 9:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2398082 - Some webpages are not displayed correctly in Internet Explorer 9 Beta if your computer does not support Direct2D:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2404821 - How to solve Internet Explorer 9 installation problems:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2409098 - You cannot print or view the print preview of a webpage in Internet Explorer 9 Beta:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2409656 - One-word Intranet Sites take you to your default search engine with Internet Explorer 9 (beta):
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;2411821
Thanks to gHacks and SBS Diva for the links.
