I'm still surprised that IE9 is apparently up to date with web standards...

 

 

We shall see in due time.

I am running vista x64

 

The search box and URL box have been combined. Chrome had this.

 

If your default search provider does not have search suggestions you cannot switch to a different provider easily.

 

The browser is extremely clean. The design is flawless and all the cluttery toolbars have been removed, and the icons have been compressed. Chrome had this as well.

 

It is currently not customizable, I sometimes need to change the text size; to get that button I need a whole new bar (command bar) for one button!

 

The browser now has pinned sites. Finally.

 

This was the feature that caused me to try IE9, only to find out that it is just a shortcut on the quick launch bar (I can do that with IE8).

 

I do like the tear away tabs though.