Internet Explorer 10 Preview Coming to Windows 7 Soon
Microsoft is finally releasing a preview version of Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7 next month.
Microsoft's IEBlog was updated on Wednesday with an announcement that a new preview of Internet Explorer 10 will be launched for Windows 7 in mid-November. A final version of the popular Microsoft-baked browser won't arrive until after the Redmond company collects developer and customer feedback.
"IE10 on Windows 7 has the same standards based platform for developers to target as IE10 on Windows 8," said Rob Mauceri, Group Program Manager, Internet Explorer. "We built an entirely new browser with Windows 8, with more performance and developer capabilities. IE10 brings improved real-world site performance and additional standards support to Windows 7 that Web developers have been asking for. We look forward to getting your feedback on IE10 on Windows 7, and will provide another update when the preview is available."
Some were quick to be critical of Microsoft's release strategy. "A preview, really?" writes one frustrated reader. "100k people and you can't develop anything in time." Another reader asked how long it could take to re-brand Internet Explorer 9 while another said the preview is simply too little too late. One reader even assumed it was more difficult than predicted for Microsoft to port Internet Explorer 10 from Windows 8.
Is Windows 7 already shoved to the back-burner? CNET's Mary Jo Foley brings up a good point: it's been almost a year and a half since Microsoft released a test build of Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 7. Since its release, Microsoft officials have refused to comment as to why additional builds haven't been released, or when the final product will ship.
But the answer should be rather obvious: Microsoft set aside development for the Windows 7 platform so that it could focus on Internet Explorer 10 for Windows 8, as Mauceri suggests. After all, the new platform is Microsoft's major focus, and the new Internet Explorer is already baked right in. That said, the one reader is probably right: Microsoft is busy porting what it can from the final Windows 8 version to the older OS.
According to CNET, this next Internet Explorer 10 release for Windows 7 will be a full-blown browser with the UI intact, not just another developer preview.
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beardguy If it can match Chrome speeds, I MIGHT give it chance.Reply
Every time I inadvertently open up IE9 I always notice right away how slow it is compared to Chrome. There's just no compelling reason to use IE. -
nieur whatever it may be but we all go to internet explorer to download Chrome/Firefox when we format systemReply -
cats_Paw When you hear IE, you think of a granma. When you hear firefox you think a hot readhead. When you hear Chrome... yeah, i never met a girl that could match chrome...Reply -
greghome All these hate for IE,Reply
for your information, IE 9 is actually a better browser than Opera and Safari
9416791 said:When you hear IE, you think of a granma. When you hear firefox you think a hot readhead. When you hear Chrome... yeah, i never met a girl that could match chrome...
I have a thing for red heads :P -
Pherule beardguyIf it can match Chrome speeds, I MIGHT give it chance. Every time I inadvertently open up IE9 I always notice right away how slow it is compared to Chrome. There's just no compelling reason to use IE.If Chrome could match Opera's speeds I might give it a chance.Reply
Oh no wait, nevermind, Chrome steals your data and updates itself without your permission. Use Comodo Dragon, not Chrome, if you want a fast-ist webkit browser. -
anonymous_user Without add-ons/extensions similar to the other major browsers, I couldn't care less how fast IE10 is.Reply