Compare browsers to Internet Explorer 9

Performance improvements that can help you get work done quickly

View and manage add-ons performance

Fast startup and shutdown to allow more browsing time

New JavaScript engine that loads pages faster and improves overall performance

Full hardware acceleration for text, graphics, and video to provide a rich web experience

Automatic notification when add-ons slow browser performance

Fully hardware-accelerated HTML5 for rich web experiences

Easy and intuitive browsing

One-click access to common tasks and favorite sites

Privacy settings put you in control of what information gets sent to search providers

Suggested Sites and visual search suggestions

Seamless web experience on Windows 7 with features like Jump Lists and taskbar previews

Combined search and Address bar for easy searching or surfing

Unobtrusive, informative messages that don’t interrupt your browsing

Simplified browsing using fewer controls

Increased webpage viewing area

Enhanced tab experience with Tear-off tabs and Aero Snap

Quick navigation to favorite sites from the Windows 7 taskbar

Helps protect against phishing attacks

Corrects display problems with older sites

Gives you better control over your browsing privacy and whether certain third-party websites can track your browsing activity

Helps protect against socially engineered malware attacks

Isolates crashes in one tab from all other tabs and automatically reloads crashed pages

Helps protect against malicious cross-site scripting attacks

Highlights domain names in the Address bar to alert you to potentially deceptive websites

Resumes incomplete downloads after restarting

Provides a single location to monitor and interact with the files you download

Helps you monitor and manage your add-ons

Tab recovery with messaging and prompting in the Notification Bar