Posts Tagged ‘ Internet Explorer ’

Browser Ballot Screen Early Feedback Shows Little Impact on Market Share

October 10, 2010
Browser Ballot Screen Early Feedback Shows Little Impact on Market Share

When Microsoft agreed to add a browser ballot screen to copies of Windows sold in Europe, many questioned just how much of an impact this would have on Internet Explorer’s market share. If you count yourself among the naysayers then feel free to mak…

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Chrome Gains Market Share, IE Slips a Tick

October 1, 2010
Chrome Gains Market Share, IE Slips a Tick

The latest browser market share statistics are out from Web analytics firm Net Applications, and of all the browsers, only Google’s Chrome made any kind of notable gain.
Chrome bumped up its position from 7.52 percent in August to nearly 8 percent in S…

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Chrome Frame Steps Out of Beta As MS Frowns

September 25, 2010
Chrome Frame Steps Out of Beta As MS Frowns

Google’s Chrome Frame plug-in for Internet Explorer (6,7 and 8) has stepped out of beta after having undergone months of fine-tuning, the company announced Friday. Primarily meant to provide additional features, speed and stability on legacy browsers…

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Microsoft Overwhelmed by Initial Response to IE9 Beta

September 21, 2010
Microsoft Overwhelmed by Initial Response to IE9 Beta

Microsoft says it’s overwhelmed and humbled by the initial response to Internet Explorer 9 Beta. It has released some figures to quantify the “early customer enthusiasm.” According to the Redmond-based company, IE9 Beta had been downloaded over …

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Microsoft: IE9 Will Never Run on XP

September 16, 2010
Microsoft: IE9 Will Never Run on XP

Now that the Internet Explorer 9 Beta is out, Redmond is sharing a few more details about the final product. One juicy tidbit they’ve dropped is that users of Windows XP are boned if they expected to be able to update to the latest and greatest Microso…

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Microsoft Shoves IE9 Beta Online, Now Available for Download

September 15, 2010
Microsoft Shoves IE9 Beta Online, Now Available for Download

After months of anticipation, you can finally take Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 9 Beta out for a test drive. We’re not talking about that lame Preview release Microsoft dropped on the public earlier this year, the one that didn’t even come with an add…

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Microsoft May Have Leaked the IE9 Interface

August 25, 2010
Microsoft May Have Leaked the IE9 Interface

The Russian press site of software giant Microsoft may have gotten a little overzealous today and posted a screen shot showing off the new UI for Internet Explorer 9. The preview builds have this far shown no evolution of the interface, but everyone wa…

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Windows 95 is 15 Years Old Today

August 24, 2010
Windows 95 is 15 Years Old Today

It was 15 years ago today that the first sweaty nerds managed to get their hands on Windows 95 after camping out all night. It could be had on a CD-ROM, or 13 individual floppy discs. Yes, things were different in those days. Windows 95 brought support…

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