"The browser you loved to hate", Microsoft is fooling itself [Video]

Microsoft has found a better way to advertise Internet Explorer, mocking herself for earlier versions of the web browser through the campaign "the browser you loved to hate". At the same time, created a new website that includes tweets, statements and comments from the online world, which extol the Internet Explorer 9.


See below the video-parody of Microsoft:

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Microsoft analyzes Internet Explorer 10 in Windows 8 [Video]

Completing two weeks after the release of Windows 8 Consumer Preview Microsoft describes the rationale behind the creation of the Metro version of Internet Explorer 10.


Microsoft has invested much more in this new version in both overall performance and responsiveness of the application and security enhancements.


For example, improvements include simple movements swipe (a multitouch screen) back and forth to achieve the function buttons back / forward in a traditional browser. If mouse is the same function is achieved with mouse over the corresponding area on the right and left of the screen IE10.


IE10 exploits operating tiles using a web browser pointing into the often visited sites and bookmarks. Users, in fact, they can 'pin' websites and IE10 directly outside the Start Screen. These pages will stand with the appropriate color and favicon and can be contained and reminders or messages depending on the type of site.


Regarding the issue of security the IE10 contains the "Enhanced Protected Mode" for the isolation of each page in a separate tab. The function has been upgraded allowing InPrivate feature and not per tab per session. This possibility, indeed, will be offered to users of IE10 for Windows 7 in a future update.


Overall this is an interesting article published in the way it works the IE10. You can read more here on the official Microsoft site and see the video below:

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Most popular browser is the Internet Explorer, followed by Chrome

New data from StatCounter report that the share of Internet Explorer continues to decline over the past three months, while Chrome has a steady growth and Firefox remained broadly stable. The data suggest that IE lost almost the same percentage who won Chrome, with other browsers remain stable for the same period. However, the analysis firm Net Applications has a different opinion, and says the development has stopped Chrome, Internet Explorer has started to revive, Firefox lost about 0.9%, while Opera, Safari and other browsers are the 7-10 % of the market.

The difference in the figures illustrates the different methods companies use statistics by StatCounter show dramatic changes, while Net Applications has remained generally stable in the elements. Both companies agree that the Internet Explorer browser remains the first in the market, others to climb. The question is whether Microsoft will be able to reverse the data in the Internet Explorer 10.

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