Today is the day Microsoft is releasing Internet Explorer 9 Beta version to the general public. Microsoft hopes the new version of Internet Explorer helps bring them closer to Mozilla and Google in competing for the internet’s best web browser.

In recent years, Microsoft has declined as the internet’s favorite web browser. Browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, and Google Chrome have been taking a large part of market share from Microsoft, who once dominated the market.

Microsoft still owns the majority of the browser market share with 60% of internet users using a version of Internet Explorer. However, if trends continue the way they have been, this won’t last very much longer. This is why Microsoft has worked so hard on Internet Explorer 9, which integrates a lot of features into the new browser that their competition already has.

The new version will be far more compliant with emerging technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, and SVG2 standards, than Internet Explorer 8 was. The final version of Internet Explorer 9 probably will not be released until next year, but Microsoft has not made any official comment about it yet.

What do you think of the new browser, if you have tried it?