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Internet Explorer will start automatically updating. http://blogs.windows.com/ie/b/ie/archive/2011/12/15/ie-to-start-automatic-upgrades-across-windows-xp-windo

by Jabbles 14y ago

Internet Explorer will start automatically updating. http://blogs.windows.com/ie/b/ie/archive/2011/12/15/ie-to-start-automatic-upgrades-across-windows-xp-windows-vista-and-windows-7.aspx http://blogs.windows.com/ie/b/ie/archive/2011/12/15/ie-to-st...

polshaw 14y ago
The question is how often. Adopting the firefox 2/3 model (albeit less nagging a-la-chrome) is a great step forward from the IE6 one we have had up to now, but they really need to match the rapid release schedules of mozilla and google today. At a minimum quarterly updates (features/engine updates, not just security fixes) to stop hindering the web.
- vegardx 14y ago
  Less naggy? I find Firefox to be one of the most naggy browsers about upgrades. Or have they changed this recently? With Chrome you just see a notification on the settings menu, and a restart brings you up to the next version. I really hope IE adopts this model.
  - sliverstorm 14y ago
    He said, "less naggy a-la chrome". Firefox nags, chrome doesn't.
  - thristian 14y ago
    I'm pretty sure recent versions of Firefox (say, since the early teens) have had nagless updates. I find myself having to manually check the About dialog for updates now, because they're about the only reason I ever restart my browser, and if I don't manually check occasionally I'd have no way of knowing an updated existed.
SideburnsOfDoom 14y ago
That article is interesting, but rather vague. > "With automatic updates enabled through Windows Update, customers can receive IE9 and future versions of Internet Explorer seamlessly without any "update fatigue" issues." How often will these updates come out? And what about the usual tying of browsers to OS. IE 10 will come out for Windows 7 ... which means that people running XP (or Vista) won't get it. So IE9 will still be in play for a while, and by the time this fades into irrelevance like IE6... Will IE11 be Windows 8 only? What about IE12? Or is there going to be an IE10.1 with new features in only six months time. We don't know. It does not dispel the (currently correct) perception that for the foreseeable future, some version of IE will be the boat-anchor holding the web back.

by Jabbles 14y ago

polshaw 14y ago

The question is how often. Adopting the firefox 2/3 model (albeit less nagging a-la-chrome) is a great step forward from the IE6 one we have had up to now, but they really need to match the rapid release schedules of mozilla and google today. At a minimum quarterly updates (features/engine updates, not just security fixes) to stop hindering the web.

vegardx 14y ago
Less naggy? I find Firefox to be one of the most naggy browsers about upgrades. Or have they changed this recently? With Chrome you just see a notification on the settings menu, and a restart brings you up to the next version. I really hope IE adopts this model.
- sliverstorm 14y ago
  He said, "less naggy a-la chrome". Firefox nags, chrome doesn't.
- thristian 14y ago
  I'm pretty sure recent versions of Firefox (say, since the early teens) have had nagless updates. I find myself having to manually check the About dialog for updates now, because they're about the only reason I ever restart my browser, and if I don't manually check occasionally I'd have no way of knowing an updated existed.

SideburnsOfDoom 14y ago

That article is interesting, but rather vague. > "With automatic updates enabled through Windows Update, customers can receive IE9 and future versions of Internet Explorer seamlessly without any "update fatigue" issues." How often will these updates come out? And what about the usual tying of browsers to OS. IE 10 will come out for Windows 7 ... which means that people running XP (or Vista) won't get it. So IE9 will still be in play for a while, and by the time this fades into irrelevance like IE6... Will IE11 be Windows 8 only? What about IE12? Or is there going to be an IE10.1 with new features in only six months time. We don't know. It does not dispel the (currently correct) perception that for the foreseeable future, some version of IE will be the boat-anchor holding the web back.