The new IE9 browser's features were demoed by Microsoft at Mix 2010, and while most features were impressive there was still a bit of bad news for PC users still running Windows XP: Microsoft officially announced that IE9 will not feature Windows XP support.
During Microsoft's demo of the new IE9 browser at Mix 2010, lots of Microsoft fan-boys were drooling at the mouth while looking all googly-eyed at Internet Explorer 9's new features, until a bomb was dropped on the crowd - all the cool features of the new Internet Explorer 9 browser won't feature support for Microsoft XP users. You might be thinking "yeah, big deal", but honestly, there are still lots of people that haven't migrated from Windows XP no matter how bad it seems.
Windows XP was released in 2000, but up until the release of Windows 7, 9 years later, XP was the only Windows operating system most PC users still had faith in. Many PC users viewed Vista as the worst operating system of all time and weren't willing to risk getting stuck with a bad operating system if Windows 7 was a dud like Vista -so lots are still sticking with Windows XP, which won't support the Internet Explorer 9 browser. Windows 7 isn't Windows Vista 2.0, but lots of XP users still fear the worst; which, unfortunately, leaves them unable to use the new features of the Internet Explorer 9 browser.
Microsoft seems to be on a campaign to rid itself of Windows XP with its lack of Windows 7 upgrade support, and now the lacking support of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 browser (and all its cool features). Microsoft is likely cutting support for the Windows XP operating system because it's sort of holding back the other operating systems. What Microsoft is doing with its lack of Windows XP support for Windows 7 and IE9 is similar to those Stride Gum commercials where Stride employees hunt down customers and force them to stop chewing their old gum (which lasts an incredibly long time allegedly) in order to drive new gum sales.
Lack of support for the new IE9 browser sucks for Windows XP users and if you're planning to hold onto Windows XP for a long time, beware because sooner or later Microsoft will ditch XP altogether.
During Microsoft's demo of the new IE9 browser at Mix 2010, lots of Microsoft fan-boys were drooling at the mouth while looking all googly-eyed at Internet Explorer 9's new features, until a bomb was dropped on the crowd - all the cool features of the new Internet Explorer 9 browser won't feature support for Microsoft XP users. You might be thinking "yeah, big deal", but honestly, there are still lots of people that haven't migrated from Windows XP no matter how bad it seems.
Windows XP was released in 2000, but up until the release of Windows 7, 9 years later, XP was the only Windows operating system most PC users still had faith in. Many PC users viewed Vista as the worst operating system of all time and weren't willing to risk getting stuck with a bad operating system if Windows 7 was a dud like Vista -so lots are still sticking with Windows XP, which won't support the Internet Explorer 9 browser. Windows 7 isn't Windows Vista 2.0, but lots of XP users still fear the worst; which, unfortunately, leaves them unable to use the new features of the Internet Explorer 9 browser.
Microsoft seems to be on a campaign to rid itself of Windows XP with its lack of Windows 7 upgrade support, and now the lacking support of Microsoft's Internet Explorer 9 browser (and all its cool features). Microsoft is likely cutting support for the Windows XP operating system because it's sort of holding back the other operating systems. What Microsoft is doing with its lack of Windows XP support for Windows 7 and IE9 is similar to those Stride Gum commercials where Stride employees hunt down customers and force them to stop chewing their old gum (which lasts an incredibly long time allegedly) in order to drive new gum sales.
Lack of support for the new IE9 browser sucks for Windows XP users and if you're planning to hold onto Windows XP for a long time, beware because sooner or later Microsoft will ditch XP altogether.
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