Say hello to IE9
Computerworld - Microsoft yesterday unveiled a very early edition of its next-generation browser, IE9. So early, in fact, that it's more "pre" than pre-release, pre-beta or even pre-alpha. Ladies and gentlemen, say hello to "IE9 Platform Preview." That's a new name for Microsoft, and one meant, as one company manager said yesterday, to evoke the "major change" the software maker believes it's taking in Internet Explorer development. Just what is Platform Preview? Can you even run it? And if so, do you want to? Those are just some of the first questions you'll undoubtedly have over the months ahead as Microsoft starts adding muscle to the bare bones framework of IE9. Microsoft's calling this a "Platform Preview." Is that just a fancy name for beta? Not even close. This build is not a fully functional browser by any stretch. It lacks critical user features, including an address bar (what?) and a back button. Instead, Microsoft i...