As of March 1st, 2010, Google has dropped support for Microsoft longest standing web browser, the IE6. Meaning that Google docs, Google Apps, Gmail and all other Google services will no longer support the ageing browser in an effort to introduce new features to these services.
Posts Tagged ‘Internet Explorer’
No more Internet Explorer 6
Saturday, March 6th, 2010IE vulnerability exploit code released on the Internet
Saturday, January 16th, 2010Exploit code for the zero-day hole in Internet Explorer linked to the China-based attacks on Google and other companies has been released on the Internet, Microsoft and McAfee warned on Friday.
Meanwhile, the German federal security agency issued a statement on Friday urging its citizens to use an alternative browser to IE until a patch arrives.
More on this issue here.
Web Browser Market Share Report
Tuesday, September 15th, 2009According to market research firm Net Applications, Internet Explorer had roughly 67 percent of the worldwide browser market in August, while the Mozilla foundation’s Firefox had 23 percent and Apple Inc’s Safari browser had 4 percent. This was true on Aug 2009.
Internet Explorer 8 Released
Friday, March 20th, 2009Microsoft has announced that Internet Explorer 8 has been released and can be downloaded now for Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008.
The final build of Internet Explorer 8 has been released in 25 languages. You can download it directly from these links:
– MS Windows XP 32-bit (16.1 MB)
– MS Windows XP 64-bit (32.3 MB)
– MS Windows Server 2003 32-bit (16.0 MB)
– MS Windows Server 2003 64-bit (32.3 MB)
– MS Windows Vista 32-bit (13.2 MB)
– MS Windows Vista 64-bit (24.3 MB)
– MS Windows Server 2008 32-bit (13.2 MB)
– MS Windows Server 2008 64-bit (24.3 MB)
The final build number is 8.0.6001.18702.
An overview of the features and benefits of Microsoft Windows Internet Explorer 8 can be found here. I will try to put the new Internet Explorer 8 in comparison to Mozilla’s Firefox 3 and get back to you with the results.