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Microsoft confirms IE10 won't run on Vista, millions of IE9 users shrug

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Re: Microsoft confirms IE10 won't run on Vista, millions of IE9 users shrug

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Post by KeyBoardG »

lmkg wrote: post #2

IE9 not supporting XP at least had some sort of justification, regardless of whether it was a good decision. Vista was a large platform upgrade/rewrite, and they mentioned particular features IE9 was using that they didn't want to bother re-implementing for XP (graphics stack, security). But Win7 is not such a drastic upgrade over Vista (architecturally, anyways). So what's the explanation for this?

Probably ARM support thats coming with newer code out of Microsoft. May have been too costly and had too many breaking changes to get it on Vista. Just a guess.

Re: Microsoft confirms IE10 won't run on Vista, millions of IE9 users shrug

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Post by atacrawl »

icey wrote: post #8

I feel like Microsoft should have branded IE10 as a completely new piece of software and not as the newest Internet Explorer. Then it would have become a feature of Windows 7 instead of just another browser. It would have also given them the chance to try some new things without feeling like they had to keep any kind of IE legacy. Yes, they would have had to support 2 different browsers for a time, but they have the…

I feel like Microsoft should have branded IE10 as a completely new piece of software and not as the newest Internet Explorer.

I totally disagree with this. You have to remember that a sizable portion of computer users don't really understand what a browser is. To these people, IE = internet. So for Microsoft to remove that kind of brand equity just wouldn't make sense.

Re: Microsoft confirms IE10 won't run on Vista, millions of IE9 users shrug

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Post by icey »

atacrawl wrote: post #34
icey wrote: post #8

I feel like Microsoft should have branded IE10 as a completely new piece of software and not as the newest Internet Explorer. Then it would have become a feature of Windows 7 instead of just another browser. It would have also given them the chance to try some new things without feeling like they had to keep any kind of IE legacy. Yes, they would have had to support 2 different browsers for a time, but they have the…

I feel like Microsoft should have branded IE10 as a completely new piece of software and not as the newest Internet Explorer. I totally disagree with this. You have to remember that a sizable portion of computer users don't really understand what a browser is. To these people, IE = internet. So for Microsoft to remove that kind of brand equity just wouldn't make sense.

Wouldn't they be able to resolve that by packaging their new browser as the default in Windows 8? They could even call it the "Microsoft Bing! browser"

Re: Microsoft confirms IE10 won't run on Vista, millions of IE9 users shrug

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Post by mkr-hn »

danparsonson wrote: post #26
kenjackson wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's the justification for Safari 5 not supporting Tiger? Safari 5 came out 62 months after Tiger. If we assume that IE10 comes out in 12 months from today then IE10 will come out 65 months after Vista.

Hmm that's two different browsers, two different operating systems and two different vendors - what's your point?

Two vendors, browsers, and operating systems competing in the same space. Expecting one of those competitors to support its browser past a certain number of OS releases without expecting the other to is a double standard.

Re: Microsoft confirms IE10 won't run on Vista, millions of IE9 users shrug

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Post by atacrawl »

icey wrote: post #35
atacrawl wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I feel like Microsoft should have branded IE10 as a completely new piece of software and not as the newest Internet Explorer. I totally disagree with this. You have to remember that a sizable portion of computer users don't really understand what a browser is. To these people, IE = internet. So for Microsoft to remove that kind of brand equity just wouldn't make sense.

Wouldn't they be able to resolve that by packaging their new browser as the default in Windows 8? They could even call it the "Microsoft Bing! browser"

They could call it "Free Blowjobs," all it would end up doing is pushing people towards Firefox and Chrome.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand_equity

Re: Microsoft confirms IE10 won't run on Vista, millions of IE9 users shrug

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Post by icey »

atacrawl wrote: post #37
icey wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wouldn't they be able to resolve that by packaging their new browser as the default in Windows 8? They could even call it the "Microsoft Bing! browser"

They could call it "Free Blowjobs," all it would end up doing is pushing people towards Firefox and Chrome. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand_equity

Most of the non-computer savvy people I know don't call it internet explorer, or even the web. They call it "Google".

Re: Microsoft confirms IE10 won't run on Vista, millions of IE9 users shrug

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Post by bep »

lmkg wrote: post #2

IE9 not supporting XP at least had some sort of justification, regardless of whether it was a good decision. Vista was a large platform upgrade/rewrite, and they mentioned particular features IE9 was using that they didn't want to bother re-implementing for XP (graphics stack, security). But Win7 is not such a drastic upgrade over Vista (architecturally, anyways). So what's the explanation for this?

Maybe because the Mainstream Support End Date for Vista is 4/10/2012

Re: Microsoft confirms IE10 won't run on Vista, millions of IE9 users shrug

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Post by kprobst »

tobylane wrote: post #17

IE10 not being supported by Vista is like how things weren't supported by 2000/ME but were supported by XP. Vista is like 2k, low quality and often skipped over.

Win2K was probably one of the best versions of Windows, if not the best.
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