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IE10 on Windows 7 available in November
- ink 14y agoThe comments are classic.
- Mythbusters 14y agoclassic HN algo. if anything related to Microsoft, trash it.
- cypherpunks01 14y agoI think ink was referring to the 100+ comments on the blog.msdn.com page itself - they're all completely trashing it, including some epic rants. It's a pretty funny read.
- ygra 14y agoTo be fair, there is a little discrepancy between what they promised (IE10 on Win 7 alongside with Win 8 and more previews before RTM). It reads like they pretty much changed everything in the browser and are not backporting features to the old core.
- drhowarddrfine 14y agoIf you are a web developer, and know anything about web technology, you would understand. IE is a horrible browser.
- fungi 14y agowell that's going to make testing sun :\ executive: have our websites been optimised for Windows 8? Marketing rag X said it was awesome, social network, _insert random buzz word_ me: err, ummm, I tested it on the preview edition of IE10... so I guess it works. executive: >:|
- dougbarrett 14y agoThere's a 90-day trial of Windows 8 Enterprise edition. You could always use that in a VM to test IE10. Create a snapshop once you have everything set up, then just reset it as needed.
- dangrossman 14y agoIs this fictional company really not going to spend $40-60 on a Win8 license to have a test machine? Or, if you're a contractor, won't you? All professionals have to spend some money to keep up with their field. Most professions don't have free versions of all their required tools available either.
- sliverstorm 14y agoMost professions would love to spend $40-60 on their tools, instead of up to 6 digits.
- tubbo 14y agowonder. fucking. ful.
- randomfool 14y agoThis amount of delay between RTM of IE for Win8 and Preview for Win7 is a bad sign that IE is getting on anything resembling a rapid release cycle. I continue to hold out hope since I want the web to move forward, and overall IE10 made more progress than I expected, but I'm really looking for MS to pick it up a notch. The IE team is part of Windows and it's clear that their priority is Windows 8 and not Web in general. Also I really hope this isn't the gimped shell that they've used for past previews- makes it incredibly difficult to use for any period of time.
- Mythbusters 14y agoI don't get why a rapid release cycle is important at all?
- randomfool 14y agoSomething resembling a yearly release cadence with very quick customer update cycle (not waiting 3 years to get 40%of the market)would be great. Rapid is relative- FireFox's schedule seems too eager for me. For the web to move forward we either need IE being an active participant helping push forward or to get out of the way. In general I'm disappointed with the lack of enthusiasm MS is showing for down level OSes.
- mtgx 14y agoWill we have to wait until until IE11 for the Opus codec? What about WebGL, WebRTC and other HTML5 features? This is why a faster release cycle matters. They are staying too behind on features compared to the other browsers, and developers who want to build serious HTML5 web apps can't just wait around for IE. They will build them for Chrome and Firefox first.
- andybak 14y agoI hazard a guess you aren't a web-developer. Imagine that for every fix, new features and improvement to your platform of choice you can't use it until 95% of your audience has the ability and incentive to upgrade.