Microsoft just released their Internet Explorer 9 platform preview. Upon loading the site, the first thing that caught my eye was an Acid3 test thumbnail with a score of 55/100. It makes me wonder, how shameless can they be.

IE9 Acid3 Test

I decided to overlook their stupidity and give it a try. On the first startup, it decided to crash on me. Off to a bad start Stevie-boy

IE9 now supports HTML5 [Finally], passed the CSS3 selectors test [Finally again], and averaged a 598.80ms on the SunSpider test [Doubtful about this one].

It’s still in the early stages, so there’s still room for improvement. We’ll just have to wait and see. I on the other hand, am not looking forward to anything that’s worth noting.

I know Windows is awful. Everyone knows Windows is awful. Windows is like the faint smell of piss in a subway: it’s there, and there’s nothing you can do about it. ~Charlie Brooker