4 ms·

I would imagine that these two teams, and the Chrome team, are the only people who fully understand what supporting an application as complex as a Web browser e

I would imagine that these two teams, and the Chrome team, are the only people who fully understand what supporting an application as complex as a Web browser entails. And the IE10 team are now dealing with different architectures (arm and x86?).

davej 14y ago
Opera?
- keithpeter 14y ago
  Oh, yes, how could I forget Opera, cross platform, cross architecture, mobile and PCs. Perhaps it is hard to get cakes to Oslo?
  - salmanapk 14y ago
    Hell it even runs on TVs!
- tangue 14y ago
  I love this browser it ran flawlessly on almost anything, and when it comes to cake Opera is hard to beat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_cake http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_cake
ygra 14y ago
IE has dealt with different architectures since its very beginning, as has Windows. Recall that Windows so far ran on x86, x86-64, IA64, DEC Alpha, MIPS, PowerPC and ARM (and I probably forgot a few). Also they re-used the Trident Engine whenever they needed a browser on another device, so ARM isn't exactly new to them (Windows Phone) or even other platforms (XBox 360 is PowerPC).
- mitchty 14y ago
  Dont forget IE4 (iirc) that ran on sparc solaris.
k-mcgrady 14y ago
Safari? It runs on OS X, Windows and iOS. So arm and x86.
- keithpeter 14y ago
  Yes, Webkit is widely used on Linux as well as in Chrome...
TheTruthIsHere 14y ago
WinCE with IE has been running on ARM for a long time. I had a Sony phone back in the 90s running a version of IE, there were versions for PowerPC MacOS and some Unix-es (don't know the CPU arch on those and that may have been done by an external company).
no_more_death 14y ago
Firefox also runs on ARM Android devices. So it's not just IE10 that runs on multiple architectures.
- keithpeter 14y ago
  Sure does, I was welcoming the Microsoft team to the world of multiple processor types! I think there is still a PPC build of Firefox for Linux as well...

davej 14y ago

Opera?

keithpeter 14y ago
Oh, yes, how could I forget Opera, cross platform, cross architecture, mobile and PCs. Perhaps it is hard to get cakes to Oslo?
- salmanapk 14y ago
  Hell it even runs on TVs!
tangue 14y ago
I love this browser it ran flawlessly on almost anything, and when it comes to cake Opera is hard to beat http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_cake http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opera_cake

ygra 14y ago

IE has dealt with different architectures since its very beginning, as has Windows. Recall that Windows so far ran on x86, x86-64, IA64, DEC Alpha, MIPS, PowerPC and ARM (and I probably forgot a few). Also they re-used the Trident Engine whenever they needed a browser on another device, so ARM isn't exactly new to them (Windows Phone) or even other platforms (XBox 360 is PowerPC).

mitchty 14y ago
Dont forget IE4 (iirc) that ran on sparc solaris.

k-mcgrady 14y ago

Safari? It runs on OS X, Windows and iOS. So arm and x86.

keithpeter 14y ago
Yes, Webkit is widely used on Linux as well as in Chrome...

TheTruthIsHere 14y ago

WinCE with IE has been running on ARM for a long time. I had a Sony phone back in the 90s running a version of IE, there were versions for PowerPC MacOS and some Unix-es (don't know the CPU arch on those and that may have been done by an external company).

no_more_death 14y ago

Firefox also runs on ARM Android devices. So it's not just IE10 that runs on multiple architectures.

keithpeter 14y ago
Sure does, I was welcoming the Microsoft team to the world of multiple processor types! I think there is still a PPC build of Firefox for Linux as well...