Describe the Benefit of IE9 in ONE sentence?

With Internet Explorer 9...Experience a More Beautiful Web!

List 11 improvements in IE9?

1) Streamlined design
2) Pinned Sites
3) Download Manager
4) Enhanced tabs
5) New Tab page
6) Search in the address bar
7) Notification Bar
8) Add-on Performance Advisor
9) Hardware acceleration
10) Tracking Protection
11) ActiveX Filtering

Describe the Streamlined Design?

Internet Explorer 9 puts the focus on the web.

The first thing you'll notice when you open Internet Explorer 9 is the compact user interface. Most command bar functions, like Print or Zoom, can now be accessed by clicking the Tools button, and your favorites appear when you click the Favorites button. Otherwise, Internet Explorer gives you the basic controls you need, and lets the web take center stage.

By right-clicking on any tab, you can close the tab, close the tab group, or remove the tab from a group. From the same menu, you can refresh one or all tabs, open a new tab, reopen the last tab closed, or see a list of all recently closed tabs and reopen any or all of them.

Note: If you want to restore the Command bar, Favorites bar, and status bar, right-click to the right of the New Tab button, and then select them on the menu.

Describe Pinned Sites?

Pin sites to your task bar for instant navigation.

If you visit certain webpages regularly, Pinned Sites allows you to access them directly from the taskbar on your Windows 7 desktop.

Pinning a site is simple: click the icon to the left of the web address in the address bar (or the website icon on the New Tab page) and drag it to the taskbar—the website's icon will stay there until you remove it. When you click the icon later, the website will open in Internet Explorer.

Whenever you open a pinned site, the website icon appears at the top of the browser, so you have easy access to the website home page (you can also add multiple home page tabs in addition to the primary home page). The Back and Forward buttons change color to match the color of the icon.

Describe Download Manager?

Keep your downloads in order with Download Manager.

Download Manager is a powerful new feature that keeps a running list of the files you download from the Internet and notifies you when a file could be malicious. It also lets you pause and restart a download—if you have a slow internet connection—and shows you where to find downloaded files on your computer. You can clear the list at any time.

Describe Enhanced tabs?

See two tabs side-by-side with Tear-off tabs.

Tabbed browsing allows you to move easily between multiple open webpages in a single window, but there might be times when you want to look at two tabbed pages at the same time. Tear-off tabs allow you to drag a tab out of Internet Explorer to open the tab's webpage in a new window, and Snap it for side-by-side viewing.

Tabs are also color coded to show which open webpages are related to each other—to give you a handy visual reference as you click between tabs.

Describe the New Tab page?

The redesigned New Tab page displays the sites you visit most often and color codes them for quick navigation. A site indicator bar also shows how often you visit each site, and you can remove or hide the displayed sites anytime you like.

Describe Search in the address bar?

Type a search term in the address bar to find what you're looking for.

You can now search directly from the address bar. If you enter a website's address, you'll go directly to the website. If you enter a search term or incomplete address, you will launch a search using the currently selected search engine. Click the address bar to select your search engine from the listed icons or to add new ones.

When you search from the address bar, you'll have the option of opening a search results page or the top search result (if your search engine supports the feature). You can also get optional search suggestions in the address bar—but they are off by default, in case you don't want to share what you type with a search provider.

Describe the Notification Bar?

The Notification Bar gives you information without getting in your way.

The Notification Bar that appears at the bottom of Internet Explorer gives you important status information when you need it, but it won't force you to click a series of messages to continue browsing.

Describe the Add-on Performance Advisor?

Experience better browsing with Add-on Performance Advisor.

Add-ons, such as toolbars, can enhance your browsing experience, but they can also slow it down. Add-on Performance Advisor tells you if an add-on is slowing down your browser performance, and then allow you to disable or remove it.

Describe IE9 Hardware acceleration?

To speed up performance, Internet Explorer uses the power of your computer's graphics processor, also known as a GPU, to handle graphics-heavy tasks like video streaming or online gaming. By tapping into the GPU, Internet Explorer delivers a faster and more immersive web experience.

Describe Tracking Protection?

Some content on websites can be used to track your activity as you browse the web. Tracking Protection allows you to limit the browser's communication with certain websites—determined by a Tracking Protection List—to help keep your information private. Anyone can create Tracking Protection Lists, and there should be many to choose from in the near future.

Describe ActiveX Filtering?

ActiveX is a technology that allows web developers to create interactive content on their sites, but it can also pose a security risk. Internet Explorer allows you to block ActiveX controls for all sites, and then turn them back on for only the sites that you trust.

List 17 advantages IE9 has over Firefox 4.0 Beta 11?

1) Full hardware acceleration for text, graphics, and video provided by default

2) Notification when add-ons slow browser performance

3) New Tab page includes quick access to common tasks and your favorite sites

4) Websites can be pinned to the taskbar in Windows 7

5) Tear-off tabs with Windows 7‌Aero Snap

6) Reopen accidentally closed tabs

7) Combined search and Address bar

8) Visual search suggestions shown as you type

9) Jump Lists and thumbnail preview controls for pinned sites

10) Accelerators for quick access to web services without leaving the page

11) Domain name highlighting in the Address bar to alert you to deceptive websites

12) Most protection against socially engineered malware

13) Tab recovery with messaging and prompting when websites time out

14) H.264-encoded HTML5 video support

15) Compatibility mode to view websites designed for older browsers

16) Developer tools built-in to the browser

17) Tools that show pages in different rendering engines to let developers understand and debug browser differences

List 11 ways IE9 is better than Chrome 9.0 Beta?

1) Full hardware acceleration for text, graphics, and video provided by default

2) Notification when add-ons slow browser performance

3) Visual search suggestions shown as you type

4) Jump Lists and thumbnail preview controls for pinned sites

5) Accelerators for quick access to web services without leaving the page

6) Best protection against phishing attacks

7) Most protection against socially engineered malware

8) Tab recovery with messaging and prompting when websites time out

9) H.264-encoded HTML5 video support

10) Compatibility mode to view websites designed for older browsers

11) Tools that show pages in different rendering engines to let developers understand and debug browser differences

List 16 NEW IE9 features not in IE8?

1) Fast startup and shutdown to allow more browsing time

2) New JavaScript engine that loads pages faster and improves overall performance

3) Full hardware acceleration for text, graphics, and video to provide a rich web experience

4) Notification when add-ons slow browser performance

5) One-click access to common tasks and favorite sites

6) Combined search and address bar for easy surfing or searching

7) Privacy controls for what information gets sent to search providers

8) Informative messages that don’t interrupt your browsing

9) Simplified browsing using fewer controls

10) Increased webpage viewing area

11) Enhanced tab experience with Tear-off tabs and Aero Snap

12) Quick navigation to favorite sites from the Windows 7 taskbar

13) Resumes incomplete downloads after restarting

14) One place to monitor and interact with files you download

15) Monitor and manage your add-ons

16) Tab hang recovery with messaging and prompting in the Notification Bar

List 5 features in IE9 that have been improved over IE8?

1) Performance improvements that can help you get work done quickly

2) Complex websites load quickly

3) View and manage add-ons performance

4) Easy and intuitive browsing

5) Helps protect against phishing attacks, socially engineered malware, pop-ups