Microsoft Says IE9 Beta Demand Overwhelming

cgriffin21 writes "Microsoft expected Internet Explorer 9 to be popular, but after more than two million people downloaded the IE9 beta in the first two days after its release, the software giant is having a hard time choosing which eye-popping statistics to cite. Microsoft says its "Beauty of the Web" site, which illustrates the aesthetic advantages of IE9's support for HTML5 and hardware acceleration, has had more the 9 million visits and 26 million page views since the IE9 beta launch on Sept. 15. Microsoft's developer-oriented IE Test Drive Site has had 4 million page views during the same period."

Comments

Lipstick on a pig

[Anonymous Coward]

Our previous versions sucked so bad that...

I can only assume

[somersault]

That this is being pushed by automatic updates then? And that you are given the option to view the "Beauty of the Web" site on first run or something?

Just like Silverlight is for some reason an option and selected by default when you try to install Windows Messenger.

Re:I can only assume

[Anonymous Coward]

Windows 7 blows away any other OS available

It is much better for games and viewing HD content.
It is only better for drivers because of Microsoft/**AA interference (like tilt bits).
It looks a bit prettier than Linux but not as pretty as OSx.
Application support is better on windows but hardly blows others away. Linux/oSx can do 95% of things just as well as Win7.
Security on Win7 is still a way behind all the other major operating systems.
It blows others away on cost of ownership. Linux/osX cant compete with the extra hardware needed for all the Win7 bloat.

Likewise, if you would actually give the .NET framework and its associated languages a try you may find yourself impressed with the capabilities.

Likewise, if you would actually give [Linux/Osx/Sticking your head in the sand/Solaris/BSD/WinXP/I cant believe its not butter] a try you may find yourself impressed with the capabilities.

I guess I just feel like people should upgrade and quit whining like we're still in the early 00's.

Most people need a reason to upgrade and wont do it just because its there or some marketing droid tells them to.

Technology advances, and with it comes a need for stronger hardware and new programming frameworks.

When old frameworks work perfectly well often with better security and the new frameworks are mostly being
pushed to aid vendor lock-in there is little reason to use them.

And with DX11 coming to Linux

[Rogerborg]

I can't wait to run IE9 in WINE just to taunt XP holdouts. Why? 4 TEH LULZ!!1!