Internet Explorer 9 racks up 2.35M downloads in 24 hours [video]

By on Mar 17, 2011 at 9:46 PM
Software March 17, 2011

Via a recent blog post, Microsoft let it be known that its freshly released Internet Explorer 9 web browser has been downloaded more than 2.35 million times during its first 24 hours on the market. Released on Monday evening, the update brings hardware accelerated graphics, a new JavaScript engine, an updated user interface, and a host of other improvements. As a point of comparison, Mozilla’s FireFox 3 was downloaded more than 8 million times in its inaugural 24 hours back in June of 2008 — although it was trying to break into the Guinness Book of World Records. Regardless, it is quite the accomplishment, and something the folks from Redmond should be very proud of. If you haven’t been prompted by Windows Update yet, Internet Explorer 9 can be downloaded here.

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  • Sonya

    Really? I honestly don’t know one person that still uses internet explorer.

    • Anonymous

      I do, but for school purposes only haha. FireFox is my main browser though.

      • Anonymous

        IE9 trumps firefox 4 beta right now.

    • francois

      stve monkey boy ballmer probably downloaded 2million himself to pump stats!

  • Anonymous

    I gotta admit, IE9 is really good.

  • Anonymous

    My guess is that the only people that still use Internet explored are over the age of 40! I always disable it on every pc I get.

    • IluvIE9

      You sound like a young fool.

  • Anonymous

    Auto installed by Auto Update :) More like 100,000 voluntary downloads. lol j/k

    • keg

      exactly. I cant believe they are bragging about this when most windows come with automatic updates. I probably have it installed and didn’t even know.

  • sfwrtr

    What’s telling is that what I see is a link to “Install Microsoft Silverlight” with a tag line that reads, “Silverlight is about 4MB and takes *10 seconds to install*” [Bold was as shown].

    This is like being told to install Flash first before installing a product. No thanks.

  • Rkrose22

    Sadly not for XP.

  • Anonymous

    After reading that ipad2 drivel, this site will probably try to push you on safari over Ie9 or Chrome…

  • askari

    Taking the clutter of IE8 to a few small icons in IE9 solves a problem that doesn’t exist. Clutter is not an issue when (a) most monitors nowadays are 1.6:1.0 landscape and most web publications take up only 70% of that width and (b) most of the web only exists to flash distractions at you anyway. Reducing browser design clutter has next to no effect on the amount of clutter a user will experience.

    The worst improvement is the “your most popular sites” which accommodates only ten sites. In IE8 I have 50 icons of regularly (once a week) visited sites across the favorites bar. The idea that ten sites, plus dragging a few to the task bar, represents an improvement simply defies belief.

    The good news is it’s very easy to uninstal IE9. I’m pleased I did.

  • NotInstallingAnotherPlugin

    Does anyone have a non-silver light link to the video?

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