Today, Internet Explorer 10 has arrived for Windows 7 and 8. The newly redesigned browser may not look different from its counterpart, IE 9, but it does come with a whole new engine. If you would like to install the browser right now you can do so here; if not then you should see the upgrade in next month’s Windows updates.
Microsoft has had some time to test out the new web browser with the release of Windows 8. They have also been closely observing other browsers such as Chrome and FireFox. IE 10 comes with the brand new JavaScript and Chakra as well as a touch friendly user interface (UI). Microsoft also added in a major security feature to protect against “zero-day” malware.
Many people used to rip off IE for being slow and having poor website coding abilities. In IE 10 HTML 5 and CSS 3 have received major improvements, receiving a score of 320 out of 500 on www.html5test.com as well as a score of 54% out of 100% on www.css3test.com. With all of these improvements IE 10 is 20% faster than IE 9.
There are several small UI changes. For example, the side scroll bar has changed to match the metro style of Windows 8. The tabs have also changed from a subtle gray/white look to a bright solid white. Honestly I am not a huge fan of either change as it can be distracting and will take some getting used too. One feature I do enjoy is that when you have multiple tabs open at once closing them is easy as the small ‘x’ is always at the end.
IE is the world’s largest web browser therefore Microsoft has a lot going for it. Go check out the new Internet Explorer and let us know what you think in the comments below!
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A good read…
I bit the
bullet and installed IE10, about an hour ago…So far so good.
With all the
hype and hoohah; the installation was a bit of a let down, and the appearance is
no different to some other previous versions of IE.
One noticeable difference
is that it is much faster.
To the IE bashers…at least IE does not
install ‘hidden’ extras, that are a PITA to remove.