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« on: December 15, 2011, 08:35:15 PM » |
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Microsoft to Auto-Upgrade Internet Explorer Users http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2397672,00.aspMicrosoft announced Thursday that starting next month, it will begin automatically upgrading its users to the most recent version of its Internet Explorer browser.
Customers on Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7 with automatic updating enabled via Windows Update will be bumped up to the latest version of IE in the coming months. For Vista and Windows 7, that's IE9, and for XP, that's IE8. The upgrades will start for customers in Brazil and Australia, and roll out gradually to the rest of the world, Microsoft said in a blog post. Hopefully they'll be providing a way for companies to opt out if they rely on IE6 like I've heard that some have. On the whole though it'll be great to finally throw out the mess that was IE6  Edit: apparently there is an upgrade blocker availible. Didn't read all of my own source  |
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« Reply #1 on: December 15, 2011, 09:29:14 PM » |
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We've finally moved from IE6 to IE8, so that's around 8,000 fewer IE6 users out there  That said, I still prefer firefox and use that as my main browser. |
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Dom
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« Reply #2 on: December 16, 2011, 11:21:38 AM » |
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Yeah you can opt out. I was thinking the same thing, as our new system is designed to run on IE8.
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Matt
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« Reply #3 on: December 16, 2011, 11:36:44 AM » |
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About bloody time, although why they cant build IE9 for XP I dont know, Firefox and Chrome still ship latest builds to those users.
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« Reply #4 on: December 16, 2011, 12:15:06 PM » |
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About bloody time, although why they cant build IE9 for XP I dont know Probably because mainstream support for XP ended in 2009 and they only now provide extended support to those paying for it. Even this only extends to patching things up, and will end in 2014. |
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Matt
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« Reply #5 on: December 16, 2011, 01:23:39 PM » |
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About bloody time, although why they cant build IE9 for XP I dont know Probably because mainstream support for XP ended in 2009 and they only now provide extended support to those paying for it. Even this only extends to patching things up, and will end in 2014. And I'm the first to tell people to upgrade - but in a corporate environment XP is still widely used, and therefore they should continue to offer an upgraded IE on XP - otherwise anyone on XP in a corporate enviroment will never be able to use half of the websites being built. |
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« Reply #6 on: December 16, 2011, 02:09:13 PM » |
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It makes very little business sense to develop a product to work for a rapidly diminishing market. The sooner MS can push users to 7, the sooner it can drop its expensive XP support.
It's why we don't offer IE6 or IE7 support as default anymore. The difference is that we're service providers, who can charge a premium should clients want it, rather than product creators - I doubt that the IT departments who are stubbornly clinging to XP will pay a further premium for IE8 support.
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Matt
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« Reply #7 on: December 16, 2011, 02:58:36 PM » |
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I doubt that the IT departments who are stubbornly clinging to XP will pay a further premium for IE8 support.
I don't think its a case of IT Departments stubbornly sticking to XP - the fact is we cannot afford to upgrade our hardware to 7 specs and then the licence cost as well (in reality we cant afford either) - lots of others are in the same boat. |
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« Reply #8 on: December 16, 2011, 03:02:24 PM » |
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I doubt that the IT departments who are stubbornly clinging to XP will pay a further premium for IE8 support.
I don't think its a case of IT Departments stubbornly sticking to XP - the fact is we cannot afford to upgrade our hardware to 7 specs and then the licence cost as well (in reality we cant afford either) - lots of others are in the same boat. I thought you said (in another thread) that 7 could run comfortably on XP hardware?  Whatever the reasons, somebody would have to bear the cost of IE9 support on XP, and MS isn't likely to do it considering it's a diminishing market. |
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Matt
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« Reply #9 on: December 16, 2011, 03:13:44 PM » |
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I doubt that the IT departments who are stubbornly clinging to XP will pay a further premium for IE8 support.
I don't think its a case of IT Departments stubbornly sticking to XP - the fact is we cannot afford to upgrade our hardware to 7 specs and then the licence cost as well (in reality we cant afford either) - lots of others are in the same boat. I thought you said (in another thread) that 7 could run comfortably on XP hardware? It can - (and I know another local school that has) But if I was going to upgrade to Windows 7, due to the time involved Id make sure the computers were upgraded too (they are 6/7 years old here now) Running on minimum spec is never ideal |
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Dom
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« Reply #10 on: December 19, 2011, 12:02:50 PM » |
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Try telling that to my business.
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Matt
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« Reply #11 on: December 19, 2011, 12:34:19 PM » |
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Try telling that to my business.
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