Compare browsers to Internet Explorer 9

Fast startup and shutdown

Fast JavaScript engine for better performance

Popular websites load quickly

Full hardware acceleration for text, graphics, and video provided by default

Notification when add-ons slow browser performance

Simple browsing controls for a better browsing experience

Change and add search providers within the search box

Search provider suggestions as you type in the search box

New Tab page includes quick access to common tasks and your favorite sites

Websites can be pinned to the taskbar in Windows 7

Tear-off tabs with Windows 7 Snap

Reopen accidentally closed tabs

Combined search and Address bar

Visual search suggestions shown as you type

Jump Lists and thumbnail preview controls for pinned sites

Accelerators for quick access to web services without leaving the page

Protection from malicious cross-site scripting attacks

Best protection against phishing attacks

Domain name highlighting in the Address bar to alert you to deceptive websites

Most protection against socially engineered malware

Crashed tabs stay isolated from all other tabs

Automatic recovery of crashed tabs

Tab recovery with messaging and prompting when websites time out

Prevent others from seeing what sites you have visited on your PC

Control whether certain third parties can track your browsing activity

Supports standards both commonly used today and for building tomorrow’s websites, including HTML5

WebM-encoded HTML5 video supported when a VP8 codec is installed on Windows

H.264-encoded HTML5 video support

Compatibility mode to view websites designed for older browsers

Comprehensive tool set (HTML, CSS, JavaScript editing, profiling, network inspection)

Developer tools built-in to the browser

Tools that show pages in different rendering engines to let developers understand and debug browser differences