I am still watching the Chrome Event and learned about some exciting new thing about my favorite browser.  I applied for and am hoping to be selected to beta test a Chrome OS machine (CR-48).  Fun stuff!

I am absolutely amazed at how much I love the new Internet Explorer 9 Beta.  Here are the things that I like:

1.) I have always disliked the way Google Chrome handles application shortcuts on Windows 7.  Chrome puts an icon in the taskbar but because the icon picture is meant for inside the browser, it looks ugly on the taskbar.  Also, if a window for a web application in Google Chrome spawns a new window, it gets grouped with the main Chrome window.  Those things annoy me and are handled much better in IE9.  While the big icons might only be available for some web applications so far, the icons are made for the Windows 7 taskbar and if you create your own it shows the small icon in a white box, rather than stretching it into ugliness like Google Chrome does.

2.)  The speed of IE9 and the hardware acceleration makes Internet Explorer competitive again.  While some things may still not be quite as fast as Google Chrome, its fast enough for my needs.  Also, lately I have been annoyed with Google Chrome freezing up when I have many tabs open.  So far I have had no problem of the sort in IE9.

3.)  HTML5 is sweet in IE9 and I can't wait until the Bing Application that was demonstrated today becomes available.  Read about it here: http://www.bing.com/community/blogs/search/archive/2010/09/15/bing-previews-a-more-beautiful-search-experience-in-ie9.aspx

In conclusion, I am addicted to IE9 because it integrates well with Windows 7 and I think it has great potential to make the internet a more rich experience!  Don't screw this one up Microsoft!