I (NOT me, writer of this article) was very surprised to hear that Internet Explorer 9 (IE9), will not run on Windows XP, not now or when the IE9 code goes RTM. Redmond confirmed this last Tuesday. XP is still the largest OS on the planet in numbers. And why would this be?
"Internet Explorer 9 requires the modern graphics and security underpinnings that have come since 2001, and is intended to be run on a modern operating system in order to build on the latest hardware and operating system innovations," a company spokeswoman said in an e-mail reply to Computerworld's questions Tuesday morning.
Technically, IE9 in an attempt to compete with super-fast Chrome, taps your PC's GPU so it boosts text and graphics rendering speeds via Direct2D and DirectWrite APIs. WinXP does not have that API.
This stinks. Is it meant to be the stick to get off XP? Users who choose to stay on XP will be stuck with IE8, which from a security perspective will become the new IE6. Exploits waiting to happen.
You can download the IE9 Platform Preview from Microsoft's IE site. But it only runs on Win7, Vista SP2, W2K8 or W2K8 R2. Grrr. Petition anyone?
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"Internet Explorer 9 requires the modern graphics and security underpinnings that have come since 2001, and is intended to be run on a modern operating system in order to build on the latest hardware and operating system innovations," a company spokeswoman said in an e-mail reply to Computerworld's questions Tuesday morning.
Technically, IE9 in an attempt to compete with super-fast Chrome, taps your PC's GPU so it boosts text and graphics rendering speeds via Direct2D and DirectWrite APIs. WinXP does not have that API.
This stinks. Is it meant to be the stick to get off XP? Users who choose to stay on XP will be stuck with IE8, which from a security perspective will become the new IE6. Exploits waiting to happen.
You can download the IE9 Platform Preview from Microsoft's IE site. But it only runs on Win7, Vista SP2, W2K8 or W2K8 R2. Grrr. Petition anyone?
All my threads...
