Problems with Internet Explorer 9

[ignorantgenius]

Downloaded IE9 last night and the browser doesn't seem to display anything but a blank page for every site I visit. Anyone else experiencing this problem? I have Windows 7 64-bit; are there any solutions to fix this or will I just have to wait until Windows provides an update with a fix?

[ChuckFickens]

Try disabling your firewall temporarily. if it works then add a rule to permit the IE9 executable access to the internet.

Though you do realise it's a beta release at the moment and as such problems are pretty much expected.

[ignorantgenius]

Ah OK, that explains why nothing appears in the browser. Thanks. I read on Download.com that it was officially released but evidently it's not; I'll uninstall it and reinstall when it is.

[ChuckFickens]

LOL....


Apologies.... I'm not paying attention fully..

IE9 was released a couple of days ago, it's firefox4 that's in beta, must put brain into gear before answering.

Though the try disabling your firewall part of the answer still stands.

[rojash]

Boy oh boy - just installed the FF4 RC, and it is so fast that it's showing tomorrow's questions here on AB!

[MarkRae]

FireFox 4 really is superb.

[ChuckFickens]

I agree. I stuck the firefox 4 RC on as soon as it come out and it is really rather good.

[trt]

I am on FireFox, but how can I find out what number it is?

[rojash]

Only real criticism: Tabs are in the wrong (logical) place.
The tab applies to a particular page, so should appear immediately above the page. There's no logical reason that I can see for moving it to above the toolbars (which are, generally, non-page-specific).

[ChuckFickens]

They also seem to have removed the little drop down menu from the forward arrow that you could use to go back more than one page at a time, which Is a little annoying as I did use that.

Though being firefox there will no doubt be an add-on shortly to address this (and probably the tab positions)

[ChuckFickens]

Oh....

Errr, rojash... right click on a blank part of the toolbar at the top of ff4 and unselect tabs on top :)

[rojash]

Der... should have spotted that (but I looked in options).

But it's still not "right" in that I feel that the tabs (as I said) should appear directly associated with the page. Even after moving them below the toolbars, they now spread across the width of the browser, not the page. So, if you have a sidebar open, the first two tabs appear above the sidebar, not above the page.