With the official launch of Microsoft’s new browser Internet Explorer 9 only a few weeks away, allot has already been said about all the great new features it boasts and how impressive it is, but until now nobody has actually had an idea how the new browser will look.

The question is will the new IE9 be all cluttered and busy like previous versions of the browser or have Microsoft approached a new sleeker and minimalistic look like that of Google Chrome.

ZDNet caught a glimpse of IE9′s new user interface when the Russian Microsoft site briefly posted a screenshot and user interface details of Microsoft’s new Internet Explorer 9 browser.

According to Microsoft’s Russian site, Internet Explorer 9′s user interface includes features such as quick-release tabs and by looking at the leaked screenshot a chrome-like address bar and minimalistic layout.

If everything we see here is set to be true, it is evident that Microsoft is finally meaning business with their new Internet Explorer 9 browser.

Microsoft is previewing its latest addition to the browser family, Internet Explorer 9. Microsoft is promising a stack of new features in its new Internet Explorer 9 browser biggest of these being the support for HTML 5.

Among some of the features Microsoft added to their new Internet Explorer 9 browser include SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) support, background compiled javascript support and the biggest addition HTML 5.

In a way it looks like the company it trying to catch up with its competitors like Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome or maybe even try and overtake them, but I don’t see that happening anytime soon.

In Acid3 Test run the new Internet Explorer 9 did not fair very well against its competitors, only managing to get a score of  55 out of 100 which is way lower then those of competitor browsers like Firefox getting around 94 out of 100 and both Safari and Chrome scoring full marks.

Me being a web developer am not a big fan of the Internet Explorer browser due to the fact that does not adhere to standards, I recently even switched over from Firefox as my main browser to Google Chrome. I guess only time will tell how well the new Internet Explorer 9 browser will fair against its competitors but personally I do not see it becoming popular again amongst the tech savvy people out there.