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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 rbanffy »

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.

They could change the name:

http://www.joseph.ca/words/internet/conqueror2.gif

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

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Post by bitwize »

rbanffy wrote: post #41
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. They could change the name: http://www.joseph.ca/words/internet/conqueror2.gif

Is this how Konqueror and Conkeror (two separate open-source browsers) got their names?

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

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Post by shriphani »

kenjackson wrote: post #27
danparsonson wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

If you can't see my point, honestly I don't think I could explain it to you. Imagine I just said, "nothing to see here, move along". Don't spend too much time on it.

Hacker News is the port of call for the more skilled members of the Apple Fan Club. I find it quite amusing since one of the most impressive kinect "hacks" ever was pulled off @ MIX but this is the most upvoted MS article in the last 2 days.

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

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Post by alxv »

bitwize wrote: post #42
rbanffy wrote: post #41

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. They could change the name: http://www.joseph.ca/words/internet/conqueror2.gif

Is this how Konqueror and Conkeror (two separate open-source browsers) got their names?

The name "Konqueror" is a reference to the two primary competitors at the time of the browser's first release: "first comes the Navigator, then Explorer, and then the Konqueror"

-- From Wikipedia, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konqueror

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

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Post by yuhong »

random42 wrote: post #33

I believe this is an artifact of http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/APIWar.html On the other-hand, MS is under the pressure, like never before to prove itself on the web, and few hard-choices need to be made for it o be nimble.

On that article, the funny thing is that Mac OS X is changing their APIs faster nowadays.

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

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Post by danparsonson »

mkr-hn wrote: post #36
danparsonson wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Thank you for the straightforward answer - I think I was having a slow day yesterday!

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

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Post by danparsonson »

kenjackson wrote: post #27
danparsonson wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

If you can't see my point, honestly I don't think I could explain it to you. Imagine I just said, "nothing to see here, move along". Don't spend too much time on it.

Apologies, I think my brain took a holiday yesterday.

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

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Post by tobylane »

kprobst wrote: post #40
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.

Damn now you say it it does sound right.

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

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Post by melling »

kenjackson wrote: post #24
blhack wrote: post #14

Why does microsoft still spend money building a web browser? I understood this in the 1990s because it locked people to windows, it was a feature, and hopefully it sold MSN subscriptions. But it's not the 1990s anymore. Let google spend their money on this, or let mozilla spend their money on this. Is there any reason microsoft doesn't bundle firefox with their operating system, and just EOL Internet Explorer? /admit…

Is there any reason microsoft doesn't bundle firefox with their operating system, and just EOL Internet Explorer? Despite common belief, MS actually wants the best browser in the world. But they want it to be noticeably the best. The fear MS would have if FF did their browser is that the FF browser for Windows offered no advantage over the one for Linux or the Mac. Or even worse, the Linux version of FF was substanti…

Apple uses the open source browser Webkit, which runs on Linux and Windows too.
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