IE9 beta to arrive 15 September

meh...

I personally believe it is stupid of Microsoft not to support XP its as though they are saying "No, you havent gave us any of you money recently, therefore you can't use it" :/

By feuerfrei_xx on 13 Aug 2010

Re: meh...

I think it's fair enough that it's not available for XP as it's out of MS Support and there is a lot more they can develop and build off of the NT6.x base for features and security. I think IE8 was let down by being tied to XP...
Also MS aren't a charity, they are a company who need people to buy products to stay in business, can you really moan that the OS that came with a computer 9 years ago isn't getting the latest browser developed for it?

By rlsdaveas2000 on 14 Aug 2010

Re: meh

Microsoft made it clear in 2002, when support for new features in XP would stop... It can hardly come as a shock, that a product which is no longer actively supported (XP SP3 is now in Security Only updates, all prior versions are only supported at user cost (if you find a bug and need it fixed, but are unwilling to move to SP3, Vista SP2 or Windows 7, you will have to pay for the fix, for your machines).

Internet Explorer 9 is a new piece of software, not a security update, so it falls outside the criteria for inclusion with XP SP3.

By big_D on 14 Aug 2010

Just think of the poor people stuck with XP and IE6

I do hope they bring out a version that runs on a USB stick

With the NHS linked with XP and IE6 - they will not change uptill 2014 - my thinking they will never due to cut backs and there mind set

there more and more web site and programes that are not working now let alone in the furture with IE6 - so more and more staff need a work around.

Just a throught - when the last goverment did an revew of IT in the NHS most computers where 5 years old with some 20+ years old - I see the NHS going back to these times as well as there ICT thinking

Mark

By mprltd on 16 Aug 2010