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If you're seeing any crazy issues with the IE9 RC, please continue to submit feedback through the right channels [1]. However, I will be monitoring this thread

by zaatar 16y ago

If you're seeing any crazy issues with the IE9 RC, please continue to submit feedback through the right channels [1]. However, I will be monitoring this thread too. Also, I wanted to express my thanks to the news.yc community - I saw some great commentary when Beta shipped, and some neat bug reports too, thanks for helping shape up IE9! :-) [1] http://connect.microsoft.com/ http://connect.microsoft.com/

kenjackson 16y ago
Has the DCE bug that became the center of the SunSpider issue been fixed in the RC?
- zaatar 16y ago
  Actually, no, I don't work with JScript stuff and can't comment, sorry. I'll flag your query to the right folks, and they will look into it. Thanks!
  - kenjackson 16y ago
    Thanks. I look forward to the response.
stuaxo 16y ago
I wonder if they've fix the canvas composition modes ?
- contextfree 16y ago
  "We’ve added support for the HTML5 canvas globalCompositeOperation property"
  - Groxx 16y ago
    I don't see "compliant" in that sentence.
hoppipolla 16y ago
I haven't confirmed it, but I have heard [1] that it tries to download Flash content if you don't have Flash installed. [1] http://krijnhoetmer.nl/irc-logs/whatwg/20110210#l-826 http://krijnhoetmer.nl/irc-logs/whatwg/20110210#l-826
acdha 16y ago
Are there any plans to offer test VM images as with previous versions?
- zaatar 16y ago
  Do you mean VMs for IE9, the final release whenever it goes live? I haven't heard anything otherwise, so I would assume, "yes". We're very serious about Compatibility, and making it simple for web developers to build websites, so I would honestly be really surprised if we stopped offering VMs. That said, the correct answer is, "I don't know".
  - JunkDNA 16y ago
    Zaatar, I appreciate your visiting and giving us some info on things. Can you elaborate as to why the VMs are only for MS Virtual PC. A lot of us use VMWare and it is so painful and silly that we can't use it directly to test browsers. I know VMWare competes with MS in this fashion, but it's this kind of "our way or the highway" that irritates me.
  - acdha 16y ago
    Thanks - I've been wanting to test IE9 but the lack of XP compatibility prevented me from using it on the only VM OS I have. I'd love images which work on VMware or VirtualBox (or are at least have a license allowing conversion) for Mac users
pca 16y ago
I've noticed something very tiny: Using the Windows Classic theme on Windows 7 x64, the close button of the Favorites Bar (the black X with the mouseover text "Close the Favorites Center") isn't displayed properly if the bar is very slim. Oddly on Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 this doesn't happen, because here the Favorites Bar has an extra button "Add to Favorites" and the 'X' is on that button's row. http://i.imgur.com/OgEt2.png http://i.imgur.com/OgEt2.png (nevermind the "InPrivate" in the left example, in the normal mode the bar looks exactly the same)

by zaatar 16y ago

kenjackson 16y ago

Has the DCE bug that became the center of the SunSpider issue been fixed in the RC?

zaatar 16y ago
Actually, no, I don't work with JScript stuff and can't comment, sorry. I'll flag your query to the right folks, and they will look into it. Thanks!
- kenjackson 16y ago
  Thanks. I look forward to the response.

stuaxo 16y ago

I wonder if they've fix the canvas composition modes ?

contextfree 16y ago
"We’ve added support for the HTML5 canvas globalCompositeOperation property"
- Groxx 16y ago
  I don't see "compliant" in that sentence.

hoppipolla 16y ago

I haven't confirmed it, but I have heard [1] that it tries to download Flash content if you don't have Flash installed. [1] http://krijnhoetmer.nl/irc-logs/whatwg/20110210#l-826 http://krijnhoetmer.nl/irc-logs/whatwg/20110210#l-826

acdha 16y ago

Are there any plans to offer test VM images as with previous versions?

zaatar 16y ago
Do you mean VMs for IE9, the final release whenever it goes live? I haven't heard anything otherwise, so I would assume, "yes". We're very serious about Compatibility, and making it simple for web developers to build websites, so I would honestly be really surprised if we stopped offering VMs. That said, the correct answer is, "I don't know".
- JunkDNA 16y ago
  Zaatar, I appreciate your visiting and giving us some info on things. Can you elaborate as to why the VMs are only for MS Virtual PC. A lot of us use VMWare and it is so painful and silly that we can't use it directly to test browsers. I know VMWare competes with MS in this fashion, but it's this kind of "our way or the highway" that irritates me.
- acdha 16y ago
  Thanks - I've been wanting to test IE9 but the lack of XP compatibility prevented me from using it on the only VM OS I have. I'd love images which work on VMware or VirtualBox (or are at least have a license allowing conversion) for Mac users

pca 16y ago

I've noticed something very tiny: Using the Windows Classic theme on Windows 7 x64, the close button of the Favorites Bar (the black X with the mouseover text "Close the Favorites Center") isn't displayed properly if the bar is very slim. Oddly on Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 this doesn't happen, because here the Favorites Bar has an extra button "Add to Favorites" and the 'X' is on that button's row. http://i.imgur.com/OgEt2.png http://i.imgur.com/OgEt2.png (nevermind the "InPrivate" in the left example, in the normal mode the bar looks exactly the same)