Tag: IE
First Internet Explorer 11 Screenshot Revealed
Coming later this year.
Now here is a shocker for you: Microsoft is working on the next version of Internet Explorer, which will be a part of the upcoming Blue update, set for Q3-Q4 release.
If you haven’t heard about “Blue” yet, it’s basically a wave of product updates for the majority of Microsoft’s products, including Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, Internet Explorer, etc.
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Microsoft Goes Potato: Internet Explorer Features Now Carrier Exclusive
Back in December, we have reported about the very first Windows Phone 8 update, which (among other improvements) was supposed to bring a new Internet Explorer feature, allowing users not to download images, saving bandwidth and improving loading times.
Now, it looks like Microsoft has decided to make this feature a yet another Verizon exclusive, with even unlocked Australian / European phones missing the promised checkbox.
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Internet Explorer Market Share vs. Homicides Rate (Picture)
Seems legit.
Now here is an interesting take on Internet Explorer market share and its effects on a murder rate in the US.
As revealed by the anonymous researchers on the Internet (you know, the kind you can always trust), the less share IE had, the happier everyone was, which makes sense in the days of Internet Explorer 6.
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Internet Explorer Celebrates The 90s (Video)
Now here is a shocker, after seeing tons of bland and idiotic ads from Microsoft (mostly promoting Windows 7, Vista and the likes), it looks like the software giant can actually produce a couple of decent ones in markets where they are failing and/or haven’t established their foothold yet.
The latest example comes from Microsoft’s ad agency for the IE Team, which produced the ad so good that it kind of makes you wanna use their product (that in case you are using something else right now).
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Microsoft Creates A Christmas Themed Benchmark For Your Web Browser
This is Penguin Mark.
As if we haven’t seen enough holiday themed web sites and haven’t heard enough Christmas songs, Microsoft has decided to combine all of these into a web browser benchmark.
According to the IE Team, this test utilizes “hardware-accelerated HTML5 capabilities like canvas, CSS3 animations and transitions, audio, WOFF, power and performance APIs, and more.”
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Browsers: BlackBerry 10 vs. Windows Phone 8 (HTC 8X) vs. iPhone 5
With both platforms fighting for the third position in the mobile operating system wars, guys from the GadgetMasters made a brief comparison of Windows Phone 8 and BlackBerry 10 web browsers.
If you don’t feel like watching the video, BB10 won in pretty much everything, including the HTML5 test as it scored 485 points compared to Internet Explorer’s 320.
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Internet Explorer 10 For Windows Phone 8 Updated
Nothing too exciting.
With releasing the very first update for its WP8 platform (Build 8.0.10211.204), Microsoft has also included a couple of minor new features for the IE10.
First in the list is an ability to delete specific sites from your web browsing history. Lastly, Internet Explorer 10 users can now prevent pictures from downloading automatically, which will surely help them to squeeze more days out of their data plan.
If you are curious to learn about other changes, see the following post.
Browser Wars: Infographic
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Now here is something that will make a lot of people angry, a new infographic, which shows IE9 beating the competition, check it out.
[Thanks, IE User]
Microsoft: You Mad? Yeah, You Mad (Video)
Introduces Karaoke Web Standard as well.
As if we haven’t seen enough ads already, Microsoft has decided to make another one and this time it’s all about the haters. Check it out.
In before same comments are posted below.
IE10 For Windows 7 Defaults To DNT As Well
No surprises here.
Despite the uproar from various ad agencies and such, it looks like when it came to rethinking its decision to enable the “Do Not Track” header by default, Microsoft did not flinch for a second.
According to the official Internet Explorer blog post, customers launching IE10 for the first time will be greeted with a welcome page that includes instructions on how to disable the “Do Not Track” signal.
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