Internet Explorer 9
| Internet Explorer 9 | |
|---|---|
Screenshot of Internet Explorer 9 | |
| Developer(s) | Microsoft |
| Initial release | March 14, 2011 |
| Preview release | None [±] |
| Engines | MSHTML 5.0, Chakra (32-bit), JScript (64-bit) |
| Operating system | Windows Vista SP2 Windows Server 2008 SP2 Windows 7 Windows Server 2008 R2 Windows Phone 7.5[1] |
| Predecessor | Internet Explorer 8 (2009) |
| Successor | Internet Explorer 10 (2012) |
| Available in | 93 languages[2] |
| Type | Web browser Feed aggregator[3] |
| License | Proprietary, requires Windows license[4] |
| Website | www |
Internet Explorer 9 or IE9 (officially Windows Internet Explorer 9) is the ninth major version of the Internet Explorer web browser for Windows. It was released by Microsoft on March 14, 2011, as the successor to Internet Explorer 8. Microsoft released Internet Explorer 9 as a major out-of-band version that was not tied to the release schedule of any particular version of Windows, unlike previous versions. It is the first version of Internet Explorer not to be bundled with a Windows operating system, although some OEMs have installed it with Windows on their PCs.[5] It was the last version to be called Windows Internet Explorer. The software was rebranded simply as Internet Explorer starting with the release of Internet Explorer 10.
Internet Explorer 9 supports ECMAScript 5 (ES5), several CSS 3 properties,[6] and embedded ICC v2 or v4 color profiles support via Windows Color System, and has improved JavaScript performance. It was the last of the major web browsers to implement support for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG).[7][8] It also features hardware-accelerated graphics rendering using Direct2D, hardware-accelerated text rendering using DirectWrite, hardware-accelerated video rendering using Media Foundation, imaging support provided by Windows Imaging Component, and high fidelity printing powered by the XML Paper Specification (XPS) print pipeline.[9] Internet Explorer 9 also supports the HTML media tags <video> and <audio> and the Web Open Font Format (WOFF).[10]
As of 2013, Internet Explorer 9 is the last version to support Windows Vista SP2 – with its server counterpart Windows Server 2008 SP2 – and Windows 7 RTM – with its server counterpart Windows Server 2008 R2 RTM – as Internet Explorer 10 required Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1.
- ^ Stephen Shankland (February 15, 2011). "Windows Phone 7 update to offer IE9". CNET News. Archived from the original on September 20, 2011. Retrieved 2011-03-24.
- ^ Kannan, Vishwac Sena; Luu, Kevin (25 May 2011). "Internet Explorer 9 Now Available in 93 Languages". IEBlog: The Windows Internet Explorer Weblog. Microsoft Corporation. MSDN Blogs. Archived from the original on 29 May 2011. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
- ^ "Use RSS feeds in Internet Explorer". Internet Explorer Help. Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2015-03-10. Retrieved 15 December 2012.
- ^ "Windows Internet Explorer 9 for Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, and Windows Server 2008 R2", Microsoft, archived from the original on 2012-09-09, retrieved 2012-08-26,
If you are licensed to use Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, or Windows Server 2008 R2 software (for which this supplement is applicable) (the "software"), you may use this supplement.
- ^ Thurrott, Paul (18 November 2009). "Internet Explorer 9 Preview". Paul Thurrott's Supersite for Windows. Penton Media, Inc. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
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- ^ "SVG in IE9 Roadmap". Archived from the original on 2012-10-24. Retrieved 2012-10-21.
- ^ "Benefits of GPU-powered HTML5". IEBlog. Microsoft corporation. 9 April 2010. Archived from the original on 13 April 2010. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ Galineau, Sylvain (23 April 2010). "Meet WOFF, The Standard Web Font Format". IEBlog. Microsoft Corporation. Archived from the original on 26 April 2010. Retrieved 1 June 2010.