IE9(b) and Gmail

Hi...

I recently downloaded IE9B again. I had used it for sometime immediately following its release and aside from expected quibbles, I found it excellent. But then for an unrelated reason, I had uninstalled it.

But on reinstalling IE9, I find that I have a problem with Gmail on it. For example, when I get an email and want to respond to it, clicking on "reply" or "forward" (the links), nothing happens. However, if I click in the box below the received email, it works.

Also, I cannot seem to use the auto-fill feature for entering email addresses - though the menu does appear but clicking on the appropriate names does nothing. I have to manually enter the names.

I should also mention that (1) none of these problems existed in the previous install of IE9 and (2) when I replaced IE9 with IE8, these problems also did not exist.

Can you please suggest some things that I could try to fix these problems (assuming that these problems can indeed be fixed in this particular Beta release)?

Thanks in advance.

 

You mean the problem is IE9 (b)? Are you facing the same problem too - if you are using IE9, that is? I would have to agree since when I use Chrome there is no issue (not surprising though) as is the case with the latest stable build of Opera.

 

Then I have no idea what's going on! What do you suggest I do? Uninstall IE9 and reinstall again?

 

There will be IE9 RC tomorrow, install that and see.

 

Yeah...I heard about that too (just rumours though) and will take your advice.

Thanks.

Edit: Oh well! I just uninstalled IE9 b. Hopefully, if the rumours are correct then tomorrow I'll install the RC version.

 

Well...I could not wait and downloaded IE9b again. Still the problem persists. For the brief time that IE9 was uninstalled, and I was fooling around with IE8, the links (reply/ forward) all worked as normal. Even the font was a little different. But on reinstalling IE9, the same problem persists. I am beginning to think that IE9 is not playing very well with the Gmail site. I sure hope they get this fixed in their RC slated for release today.

 

Well...for starters, the RC version of IE9 Beta is not releasing today. Apparently, the new date is Feb 10, 2011. You can read some of the continued speculations here and here.

Now to come to IE9 B (64-bit version) and the problem that I was facing with Gmail.

I went to the Command Bar>Tools>Compatibility Settings and checked the box which says "Include updated lists from Microsoft".

I restarted the browser and Gmail was working fine.

It is now a pleasure to use IE9B again!

Cheers!

 

Google is gradually moving towards disabling its services on everything that isn't Chrome (or Android).

It sounds crazy now, but stay tuned.

 

Very good find, Thanks.

 

Admittedly, it was accidentally found, but thanks!

 

Although I very much doubt that that is true, it'd be fine with me.
I'm not interested in any of their crap, so I don't care one way or another.

 

I don't think Google (or any other company for that matter, including MS) can restrict and or deny access to their free webmail service in the foreseeable future. While they can certainly make their service a paid one (and most likely this will happen), they cannot restrict how a user accesses the service. In short, they can't make their webservice browser-specific. It would be terribly counterproductive to do so!

I should also add that I am really liking IE9b after the fix. In many ways it is superior to Chrome (except in terms of speed, spellcheck, and adblocking - the last two are I think the most urgently needed features either as an add-on or inbuilt in IE9). But I like the clarity with which IE9 renders most pages. And though slower than Chrome, it still works at a fast clip. Its almost native integration with stuff like Excel and OneNote is also very helpful.

Which leads me to wonder - What exactly did that fix do that make the use of IE9 so much better than before? I'll try and look it up.

 

See, this is the one thing that has me completely mystified: I simply cannot fathom why people keep harping about IE being 'slow', and Chrome being 'fast'. I am running IE8 on my system, and for the life of me I can't find any significant difference in speed between IE8 and Chrome. If anything, IE8 seems a tad faster. Does anyone, anybody at all, have an example of a web page I could go to where Chrome is supposedly faster than IE8? In any case, in my practical usage, browser speed is a complete non-issue. Network speed, sometimes, but browser speed? Never.

P.S.: Like I said before, this is on a fast quad-core machine with a RAID0 disk subsystem, so maybe that is the reason why I'm not seeing any differences.

 

@ Pirx...Well, I do see a difference between Chrome and IE9 b in terms of page loading speed. The former is a bit quicker that IE9 - but then again, I do have ad block in Chrome, which may make a difference. I have never been able to find a good and free adblocker for IE9. Maybe the difference in speed can be attributed to the ads (flash and all) loading up.

I also see a difference in start up speed - though I can't find a reason why. Both Chrome and IE9 on my setup have the equal but different kinds of addons. But overall, I find IE9b to be a more polished browser to use.

Another point is that I think that after a certain level of speed of the network connection is attained (probably above 2mbps), the page loading speed difference between Chrome and IE9 will be negligible. However, the slow start up of IE9 continues to baffle me.

 

I use Simple AdBlock, and it works o.k. for me. Not perfect, but good enough.

Well, you have to keep in mind that this is beta software, which generally has lots of debugging options enabled and associated code added that will be gone in a release version. This may explain some of the slow startup speed.

 

Ad blocking software was obsolete before it was even invented if you're on Windows.

Use a hosts file, problem solved with 0 resource usage for every internet application on your PC including every browser ever made.

 

the release candidate will be out on Feb 10, the final release wont be seen until April according to what I read online

 

Speaking of which, can anyone recommend a good (source for) a host file? Thanks!

 

Thanks!