I would have to agree with most of this post. I gave IE9 a full run yesterday, using it as my primary browser and honestly there is nothing huge that I miss from Chrome.<p>Although this may not get some people going back to IE, I think it will definitely stop people from changing in the first place.<p>Serious props to Microsoft and the IE team for this release.
Still restart prompts after installation ? Come on, it's just a browser.<p>Anyway, I think it's good that they released a modern, standards compliant browser. However, I won't be switching anytime soon, since they don't provide versions for other operating systems (ubuntu is my desktop os).
><i>I noticed that the logo in Chrome is smaller than the logo in Internet Explorer. I found it weird till it turned out that the HTML that was rendered is different in Chrome than the one in Internet Explorer, and both refer to different logo files with different image sizes.</i><p>Did they also notice that the size <i>of the entire page</i> is different? The font is heavier weighted in IE, the logo is larger, and the text box is <i>significantly</i> larger.<p>Sounds like a design choice, IMO, probably due to the different text rendering (among other things) between WebKit and IE / Cleartype.
The thing about Firefox is I can just pick up my profile and take it anywhere; Mac, Windows, Linux, pretty soon even Android tablets (though the utility of that has yet to be seen.)<p>Chrome will get there eventually.<p>IE? I'm not interested in being bound to Windows devices.
re the Minor Annoyance:<p>Middle clicking to close tabs works fine in Firefox and even IE8 (only browsers I have on my system). No reason to complain about moving the mouse to the X button when you don't actually need to.