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I wish IE would move away from big waterfall-esque versions-numbers and just go to frequent bite sized automatic updates. I understand the corporate need for b
by columbo 14y ago
I wish IE would move away from big waterfall-esque versions-numbers and just go to frequent bite sized automatic updates.
I understand the corporate need for browser version locking but that should be the exception (Active Directory overriding) not the norm.
As an aside the latest versions of IE seem just fine. I no longer have any skin in that game like I did in 2006-2010 where every computer I happened across would instantly have FF installed and IE hidden.
- SideburnsOfDoom 14y agoWord is that IE11 will be out this year with the first major Win8 update. ( http://www.techspot.com/news/51740-windows-blue-to-feature-ie11-bing-search-public-summer-preview.html http://www.techspot.com/news/51740-windows-blue-to-feature-i... ) This is great news, as they really need to ramp up the pace with "frequent bite sized updates". But I have no idea (and it will be interesting to find out) if IE11 will run on Windows 7 ever; or if as usual this is the end of the line and older OS versions will be the enabling factor of older versions of IE still being used. This is important since not everyone likes and wants Win8, so Win7 will be around for a while to come.
- CJefferson 14y agoActually, I'm starting to fall out with frequent automatic updates. The most recent version of chrome on Mac OS X has broken me watching videos on itv.com. Manual downgrading is really painful, so I've just switched to Firefox for a while. But if this was a website important to my business, I would be livid.
- SquareWheel 14y agoI've had Chrome break a few things from automatic updates as well, but overall I still like auto-updates. Knowing me, I'd have updated anyway, and this just does it for me. I do a lot of web work though and I'm mostly just thrilled that I don't have to design websites for "Chrome 6" or any nonsense like that.
- Flenser 14y agoPerhaps part of the reason Microsoft hasn't switched to a faster release cycle is a fear that the quicker they iterate IE the quicker it will be replaced by other browsers. They need a certain baseline for their own internet solutions, but until those solutions are mature enough, and the market is ready to pay for them, they don't have a strong enough motivation to improve IE.
- geuis 14y agoIE 10 does automatic updates now independent from the OS update cycle.
- webXL 14y agoThis is huge and might make IE a real contender again.... if they can actually keep up with the competition.
- mokash 14y agoWow, that's actually pretty great. One of the biggest reasons why people are still stuck on old versions of IE is because they don't want to run OS upgrades. Making the upgrades independent of everything else is quite sensible.
- yuhong 14y agoI was thinking of a rapid release version of IE where MSHTML, IEFRAME, etc. are in the application directory instead of system32 for a while now.