Microsoft will launch IE9 on March 14th, at SXSW (South by Southwest Conferences and Festivals) in Austin, Texas, according to comments from Ryan Gavin, senior director of Internet Explorer business.
“Exactly twelve months from the first platform preview of IE9, on Monday 14 March we will celebrate the developers and designers who are making a more beautiful web for all of us. We will release the final version of Internet Explorer 9 for download beginning at 9 p.m. Pacific time.”
Microsoft released a public beta of IE9 last September, and followed that with a “release candidate,” (RC) a month ago.
Internet Explorer 9 features:
New Tab page
Notification Bar
One Box
Pinned Sites
Tab enhancements
Web-focused browsing
Windows 7 integration
Trusted
ActiveX Filtering
Add-on Performance Advisor
Compatibility View
Cross-site scripting filter
Domain highlighting
Download Manager
InPrivate Browsing
SmartScreen Filter
Tab isolation and recovery
Tracking Protection
