Category: Internet Explorer
Microsoft Proposes Launching an IE Free Windows 7 “E” in Europe
ZDNet writes:
Microsoft is stepping up its campaign to try to appease European Commission (EC) regulators who are mulling possible remedies in the ongoing Opera-Microsoft browser-bundling case in the European Union.
According to News.com, Microsoft’s newest proposal is to offer a version of Windows 7 which strips out Internet Explorer (IE) 8. Not hides it — like is currently possible via a “remove features” capability. The Softies are proposing to sell a separate version, designated Windows 7 E which doesn’t include a browser in it at all.
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Browsers vs. 6 Video Sharing Sites
Entertainment and informational video hosting services, such as YouTube, Blip.tv, etc. can play quite a huge role in today’s people life. As millions of visitors spend more and more time on those sites, it’s time to see, which web browser works and which doesn’t. Yes, we are talking about compatibility here, from the most visited and popular sites, to not so well known.
For traffic stats, we are going to use Compete.com, 04/2009 data. As per my personal experience, actual numbers can be more than 10x times higher than reported. At least, that’s the case of FavBrowsr.com Continue Reading
EU Is Said to Ask PC Makers About Microsoft Influence
Bloomberg writes:
European Union regulators asked personal computer makers whether Microsoft Corp. pressured them to oppose an EU plan to give consumers a choice between Internet browsers on new PCs, people familiar with the case said.
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“We’re hearing from our computer manufacturer partners that they have serious concerns about the financial and operational impact of the ballot screen remedy, which is being promoted by some of our competitors,” Microsoft said in a statement. “We have encouraged them to share their concerns with the commission.”
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Microsoft to Launch Internet Explorer 8 Ads
PCMag reports that Microsoft is planning to start IE8 marketing campaign as early as this week. Starting with 30 second video ads airing tomorrow, Microsoft will also consider wider broadcasting in case of their positive reviews.
Few shots from ads (no video yet)
Firefox Shows Some Love to Other Web Browsers
To make the story short: Before downloading Google Chrome, as usual, I have opened web browser and started to type “Google Chrome” in the address bar, predicting that it will lead me to the Google search results.
To my surprise, once I have typed that into Firefox 3 address bar and hit enter, it has opened Chrome home page instead.
Same with other web browser names: Internet Explorer, Safari and Opera queries lead to their home pages as well.
Kind of nice gesture from Mozilla, I guess.
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Internet Explorer 8 Wave 2 Released
The 3rd and final wave of Internet Explorer 8 has been just released. As a result, IE8 is now available in a total of 63 languages.
New languages, as per wave 2:
Albanian, Assamese, Basque, Bengali (Bangladesh), Bengali (India), Gujarati, Indonesian, Kannada, Kazakh, Konkani, Kyrgyz, Latvian, Malay (Brunei Darussalam), Malay (Malaysia), Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Punjabi (India), Tamil, Telugu, Uzbek (Latin)
Bing HiJacks IE6 Users Toolbar (Updated)
Search Engine Journal informs about the IE6 users anomalies since the launch of Microsoft’s new search engine: Bing.
Few of them already reported weird issue: even though their default search provider was set to Google, after the launch of Bing, it hijacked the search feature in the toolbar and became new default search engine.
To make things worse, it’s not possible to change it back to Google.
There are no official statements yet, from Google or Microsoft. Continue Reading
Weekly Browsers Recap, June 2nd
- Solutions: Internet Explorer 8 is preferred over Mozilla Firefox
- Firefox users flip out over sneak MS add-on
- Google Chrome And Firefox Extensions Differences
- How excited is Google about the ad blocker for Chrome?
- How to Pick the Best Web Browser for Your Business
- Browser Behavior: Opera, Skyfire, Bolt And AdMob All Weigh In
- 5 Reasons Why Browser Sniffing Stinks
Video Interview (Firefox): Mitchell Baker and John Lilly Highlights
Bit about IE, Chrome and Firefox on mobile devices.
June, 2009 – Internet Explorer Loses; Firefox, Safari, Opera, Chrome Gains
By more than just a few requests, we are going to try something new this month, which is StatCounter instead of Net Applications. Let’s begin, shall we?
Internet Explorer continues its saga to the bottom, this time its market share fell by 1.46, from 62.09% to 60.6%
Firefox is likely to pass 30% mark this month. As for June, its market share increased by 0.93, from 28.75% to 29.68% Continue Reading
