Author Topic: Internet Explorer 10 arrives on Windows 7 (Read 13237 times)

Arizona Hot · « **on:** March 01, 2013, 10:42 AM »

I installed and tried IE 10 last night and thought it was much quicker than IE 9 on this Win 7 machine. Anyone else going to try it(Win 7 only, of course). I downloaded it straight from MS, not from the article's link.

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Internet Explorer 10 arrives on Windows 7 - CNET Reviews

kyrathaba · « **Reply #1 on:** March 01, 2013, 05:32 PM »

Hmm... maybe. I do like to keep the most up-to-date versions of both IE and FF installed.

Curt · « **Reply #2 on:** March 01, 2013, 06:05 PM »

I downloaded it straight from MS,
-Arizona Hot (March 01, 2013, 10:42 AM)

-so, is this the missing link: http://windows.micro...explorer/download-ie ?

x16wda · « **Reply #3 on:** March 01, 2013, 06:17 PM »

So, did anyone click Install? What additional programs were contained? What settings were customized?

Curt · « **Reply #4 on:** March 01, 2013, 06:21 PM »

Add/Remove shows nothing new, not even Internet Explorer.

Curt · « **Reply #5 on:** March 01, 2013, 06:42 PM »

Add/Remove shows nothing new, not even Internet Explorer.
-Curt (March 01, 2013, 06:21 PM)

-ehh, that was of course with my normal setting.
Showing updates, only IE and language packages were installed:

Renegade · « **Reply #6 on:** March 02, 2013, 02:09 AM »

I think I'll skip it... I have a hard enough time with the few web sites that I use IE for... They work now, so I'm NOT going to mess with that.

Ath · « **Reply #7 on:** March 02, 2013, 02:55 AM »

Biggest worry here is what IE-specific web apps break this time, after upgrading... Yes, I know it's the task of the developer to try and anticipate on any browser changes, but with IE the changes often seem to be so huge, anticipation is next to impossible. We'll see how the story goes, this time, I'll wait a couple of weeks and ask around a bit

Renegade · « **Reply #8 on:** March 02, 2013, 04:05 AM »

Biggest worry here is what IE-specific web apps break this time, after upgrading... Yes, I know it's the task of the developer to try and anticipate on any browser changes, but with IE the changes often seem to be so huge, anticipation is next to impossible. We'll see how the story goes, this time, I'll wait a couple of weeks and ask around a bit
-Ath (March 02, 2013, 02:55 AM)

And that's exactly why I won't upgrade. Banks are at best marginally competent. I told my wife once, "Watch this. It will take me a hour just to login & check my balance." I was right. Last week I spent over 3 hours getting another site to work. (That involved 3 computers with 2 running clients.) One of my banks forced you to stick with IE 6 for years.

The mere fact that they make things IE specific (and often IE only) tells you that there's something fundamentally mental going on.

Arizona Hot · « **Reply #9 on:** March 02, 2013, 09:18 AM »

And that's exactly why I won't upgrade. Banks are at best marginally competent. I told my wife once, "Watch this. It will take me a hour just to login & check my balance." I was right. Last week I spent over 3 hours getting another site to work. (That involved 3 computers with 2 running clients.) One of my banks forced you to stick with IE 6 for years.
-Renegade (March 02, 2013, 04:05 AM)

I tested this out and was able to login to Bank of America online with no problem.

Josh · « **Reply #10 on:** March 02, 2013, 09:39 AM »

Logged in to every major financial site I have with lastpass, in IE10, on Windows 7 x64 and x86, in only a couple of seconds per site....

Renegade · « **Reply #11 on:** March 02, 2013, 10:59 AM »

I tested this out and was able to login to Bank of America online with no problem.
-Arizona Hot (March 02, 2013, 09:18 AM)

You over estimate the competence of my bank.

Any the securities firm I use.

Logged in to every major financial site I have with lastpass, in IE10, on Windows 7 x64 and x86, in only a couple of seconds per site....
-Josh (March 02, 2013, 09:39 AM)

Lastpass and the institution are different things.

Arizona Hot · « **Reply #12 on:** March 04, 2013, 02:40 PM »

I tested this out and was able to login to Bank of America online with no problem.
-Arizona Hot (March 02, 2013, 09:18 AM)

You over estimate the competence of my bank.

Any the securities firm I use.

Logged in to every major financial site I have with lastpass, in IE10, on Windows 7 x64 and x86, in only a couple of seconds per site....
-Josh (March 02, 2013, 09:39 AM)

Lastpass and the institution are different things.
-Renegade (March 02, 2013, 10:59 AM)

What are they so we all can avoid them.

Curt · « **Reply #13 on:** March 04, 2013, 05:35 PM »

Lastpass and the institution are different things.
-Renegade (March 02, 2013, 10:59 AM)
What are they so we all can avoid them.
-Arizona Hot (March 04, 2013, 02:40 PM)

I am guessing Renegade meant that even if IE10 with Lastpass can log in, IE10 without Lastpass may not be able to log in.

Josh · « **Reply #14 on:** March 04, 2013, 05:51 PM »

IE10 without lastpass, just verified every logon worked...Same systems.

allen · « **Reply #15 on:** March 04, 2013, 10:13 PM »

IE 10 still supports the meta tags that force ie 7-9 compatibility mode. (This can also be manually accessed via F12 -> browser mode. IE 6 might be a stretch... mandatory ie 6 usage would be cause for me to terminate that relationship!

f0dder · « **Reply #16 on:** March 05, 2013, 04:18 AM »

IE 10 still supports the meta tags that force ie 7-9 compatibility mode.
-allen (March 04, 2013, 10:13 PM)

Keep in mind that those aren't perfect bug-for-bug emulations... which you'd need on some corporate sites

allen · « **Reply #17 on:** March 05, 2013, 11:22 AM »

IE 10 still supports the meta tags that force ie 7-9 compatibility mode.
-allen (March 04, 2013, 10:13 PM)
Keep in mind that those aren't perfect bug-for-bug emulations... which you'd need on some corporate sites
-f0dder (March 05, 2013, 04:18 AM)

Not that I would need!

f0dder · « **Reply #18 on:** March 05, 2013, 11:52 AM »

IE 10 still supports the meta tags that force ie 7-9 compatibility mode.
-allen (March 04, 2013, 10:13 PM)
Keep in mind that those aren't perfect bug-for-bug emulations... which you'd need on some corporate sites
-f0dder (March 05, 2013, 04:18 AM)
Not that I would need!
-allen (March 05, 2013, 11:22 AM)

Consider yourself lucky.

Other people have to use SAP - or other similar monstrous kludges

EDIT: btw, http://ie.microsoft..../MandelbrotExplorer/ apparently does better in IE10 than FF19 and MostRecentChrome. (Just like each vendor's own techdemo tends to run best on it's own JS engine... ;p )

40hz · « **Reply #19 on:** March 05, 2013, 01:14 PM »

Microsoft has a tool to block automatic UE10 upgrades through Windows update. You can always manually update to 10 later should you decide you want it. Info here.

There's also a compatibility inspector that will help flag potential issues IE10 may experience with your own webpages. More here.

FWIW, I have it running on a test machine and haven't run into any issues so far. It also seems to link to and navigate all the financial sites I've tried it on. But I haven't extensively tested it on those sites, so there may be some site-specific features that have been broken without my realizing it. YMMV.

Carol Haynes · « **Reply #20 on:** March 06, 2013, 04:19 PM »

Don't use IE much these days but I installed it and played for a while. Can't see anything I use broken. LastPass works fine.