Microsoft to spill the beans on Internet Explorer 9
By Barry Collins
Posted on 18 Nov 2009 at 09:51
Microsoft is expected to announce the first details of Internet Explorer 9 later today at its Professional Developers Conference (PDC).
Rumours emanating from the Los Angeles showcase initially suggested that the company would deliver Technical Preview code of the new browser to attendees. It now seems more likely that the company will merely outline its plans for Internet Explorer 9, with code potentially set to arrive at the Consumer Electronics Show in January.
Little is known about what Microsoft's plotting for IE9, although rumours that the company is planning to adopt the WebKit engine that powers both Google Chrome and Apple's Safari have been played down.
Microsoft only officially released Internet Explorer 8 this summer, and the company generally takes at least two years between browser releases.
Indeed, the company is still struggling to migrate users from Internet Explorer 6, which is still the most used browser version in the world with a 23.3% market share, according to Net Applications.
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IE6 Repost
The reason IE6 is still so popular is because people like me sit in large corporations who refuse to upgrade from it and have locked down our machines so we can't install our own choice of browser. To anyone who manages such a corportations IT, please let us use something where at least activeX is allowed if not flash. Surely it's better business practice to use a more robust browser than this. (from behind the firewall of a corportation who can't be named)
By benzas on 18 Nov 2009 
Windows 2000
Another reason that I rarely here for IE6 still being so popular is because those on legacy OS's like Win NT/98/2000 are forced to use IE6, as IE 7 and 8 require XP or later. There are still many PCs in organizations that are somewhere using Windows 2000. I've even had a couple of people who have asked me to repair there Windows 98 PCs! Why they want to keep them is beyond me.
By jazzy_jeff_81 on 18 Nov 2009
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