Microsoft Says IE9 Beta Demand Overwhelming

cgriffin21 writes "Microsoft expected Internet Explorer 9 to be popular, but after more than two million people downloaded the IE9 beta in the first two days after its release, the software giant is having a hard time choosing which eye-popping statistics to cite. Microsoft says its "Beauty of the Web" site, which illustrates the aesthetic advantages of IE9's support for HTML5 and hardware acceleration, has had more the 9 million visits and 26 million page views since the IE9 beta launch on Sept. 15. Microsoft's developer-oriented IE Test Drive Site has had 4 million page views during the same period."

Geez

[Anonymous Coward]

U get one thing right and u won't shut up about it

Not suprising

[Tolleman]

Everyone just had to see if they were actually doing a browser without the retarded gene.

Early start

[halcyon1234]

Two million malware distributors want an early start on the game...

26 Million views in 6 days...

[gimmebeer]

... insert "must not be running on IIS..." joke here.

Beauty of the web

[Drakkenmensch]

Now I can go on 4chan and view the full beauty of... oh god is that an anthropomorphic hermaphrodite squirrel orgy?!?

Re:Good to see

[jazman_777]

Absolutely. Someone needs to put the pressure on the near-monopoly that Firefox/Opera/Chrome/etc. has.

Not a schocker

[_newwave_]

Yes, 2 million+ web developers are very interested in how you are going to continue to make their lives a pain.

Re:Geez

[Anonymous Coward]

lol u mad?