IE9 not hit the mark. Microsoft improves privacy

In the first 24 hours of availability Internet Explorer 9 was downloaded 2.35 million times ( 9 Internet Explorer, Microsoft challenge Google Chrome and Firefox ). The browser is available for Windows Vista and 7, but not for XP.

Microsoft has said it is happy with this number . "More than 27 downloads per second, and more than 240 download every nine seconds. Wow. With 2.3 million downloads in the first 24 hours we have more than doubled the one million of the Beta version and is four times that of the RC.

The result is not the most exciting when compared with numbers obtained from other browsers. For example, Firefox 3 was downloaded 8 million times in the first 24 hours. A fact much larger, although it must be remembered that the Mozilla browser runs on multiple operating systems and, in the case of Windows, version 3.0 was compatible with the ubiquitous Windows XP.

Safari 4 for Windows , according to Apple, it has been downloaded six million times in three days, then IE9 has the opportunity to do better . Opera , however, held that the Eleventh version has been downloaded 6.7 million times during the first day of availability.

In short, the data of IE9 not stunned, but Microsoft has a card to play: Windows Update . The new browser will be released on March 21 as an automatic update "Important". Many people will download without even realizing it, so the download will grow exponentially. From download to use stable, though, there's a big difference.

Meanwhile, Microsoft stated that it had integrated into the final version of IE9 the same technology used by Firefox 4 for the "Do Not Track" , the system that allows users to control data sharing while surfing the Web

Microsoft had entered a technology called "Tracking Protection List" , which allows you to specify Web sites with which you would prefer not to share information. Users can add Tracking Protection List in Internet Explorer 9. Partners such PrivacyChoice, TRUSTe, and Abin Adblock Plus have already  

The method chosen by Mozilla Firefox for 4 - and now IE9 - is based on HTTP header instead of browser cookies . The user decides not to be traced and his will is "transmitted" to the commercial sites and advertising networks. The commercial site offering meets the required content, advertising and the advertiser is not localized and can be used to trace, on an anonymous, user activity.

This solution does not actually lock the tracking, but refers to the efforts that the advertising industry said it would do to meet user preferences. The main players are working on a code of practice and this bodes well in view of ever closer collaboration with the developers of the browser.

The two are complementary solutions implemented by Microsoft , so we can only applaud Microsoft's decision to want to ensure many more effective tools for the privacy of netizens. Internet Explorer 9 can be downloaded from this address .