Category: Microsoft

Browsers Are Awesome!

By | October 18, 2010 | 6 Comments

All the Way to Internet Explorer 13

By | October 12, 2010 | 4 Comments

All the Way to Internet Explorer 13It seems like Microsoft decided to increase its domain names portfolio, as company has recently registered a bunch of new IE related domain names:

InternetExplorer12.com
InternetExplorer13.com
ie12beta.com
ie13beta.com

Unfortunately for Microsoft, they failed to register InternetExplorer8.com, InternetExplorer9.com and InternetExplorer10.com domains, as now they belong to someone else.

Considering that .com price is ~8-9 USD, why stop at number 13?

Weekly Browsers Recap, October 11th

By | October 11, 2010 | 5 Comments

Weekly Browsers Recap, October 11th

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Internet Explorer Web Browser Jokes
Remember good old IE6 days? Well, let’s take a look at some of the IE definitions…

Browser Comics
A pack of browser related comics.
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Firefox 4 Includes Bing Search

By | October 7, 2010 | 2 Comments

Firefox 4 Includes Bing SearchRecently, Mozilla has announced its plans to include Bing as additional search engine for Firefox 4 (US version) web browser.

“Bing itself offers a user experience that we think users will find valuable, and with its significant rise in popularity over the last year, we will also be including Bing as a general search option for English language users,” company officials said.

Just like in other search deals, Mozilla will share revenue from Bing searches as generated by Firefox users.

However, Google still remains the number one search engine and therefore, it’s set as default one

IE9 Beta: 6 Million Downloads in Two Weeks

By | October 1, 2010 | 10 Comments

IE9 Beta: 6 Million Downloads in Two WeeksFollowing 2 million downloads milestone on September 21st, Microsoft has announced that Internet Explorer 9 Beta has now been downloaded more than 6 million times over the period of two weeks.

Furthermore, due to highly anticipated release, the Beauty of the Web site received over 30 million page views.

Microsoft: Windows 7 SP1 Is Not Required

By | September 24, 2010 | 0 Comments

Microsoft: Windows 7 SP1 Is Not RequiredFollowing TechNet FAQ that suggests on installing Windows 7 Service Pack 1 before IE9 itself, company went ahead and updated their web page, claiming that SP1 is not necessary.

I want to follow up to let you know that the TechNet FAQ has been updated to provide further clarification about requirements for Internet Explorer 9. Internet Explorer 9 will work on Windows 7 RTW and Windows 7 SP1. When you install Internet Explorer 9 on a system that has Windows 7 RTM installed, additional operating system components are included as part of the installation of Internet Explorer 9. Those “additional operating system components” will be part of Windows 7 SP1. Either way, this will be a seamless process for the user. Just wanted to make sure you had the latest.

With such statement, there is still a hope to see Internet Explorer 9 Final by the end of this year.

Want IE9? Install Windows 7 Service Pack 1

By | September 23, 2010 | 10 Comments

Want IE9? Install Windows 7 Service Pack 1If no Windows XP support for was not enough, then here is another bit: according to Microsoft’s technet site, Internet Explorer 9 will require Windows 7 users to install SP1 before even using a web browser.

That explains why IE9 setup insisted on downloading 4 OS hotfixes and requiring a reboot, as a result.

Also, since Windows 7 SP1 is due in the first half of 2011, don’t expect Internet Explorer 9 Final anytime sooner.

Another IE9 Ad Spotted

By | September 21, 2010 | 5 Comments

Another IE9 Ad Spotted
It appears that Microsoft is trying really hard to hype its web browser. With previously spotted IE9 ads, here is another one, straight from eHow web site.

If you happen to click on it, ad will redirect you to the following page:
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Internet Explorer 9: Two Million Downloads and Counting

By | September 21, 2010 | 12 Comments

Internet Explorer 9: Two Million Downloads and CountingAccording to Microsoft, with the recent Internet Explorer 9 Beta release, browser was already downloaded more than 2 million times over the period of two days. Considering overall hype, those numbers do look okay.

In comparison, IE8 Beta was downloaded only 1.3 million times and it took them five days to do so.

Microsoft Wants Reddit Feedback

By | September 17, 2010 | 9 Comments

Microsoft Wants Reddit FeedbackIt looks like Microsoft continues its advertising campaign. This time, company asked Reddit users for the Internet Explorer 9 feedback.

If you have Reddit account already and want to provide some constructive criticism, head over to the following page and share your IE9 experience.

The installation took way too much time for a browser.
I didn’t like the fact a complete reboot is needed to use IE
That blank space over the tabs is useless.
Search field and tabs should not be on the same row.

Via: Neowin
Source: Reddit