Guest Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Microsoft is giving customers 17 months to stop using older versions of Internet Explorer, including the most popular of them all, IE8. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 And that is just for Windows 7. Check out the article for more info on Vista IE Browser support as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 (edited) Roger Capriotti, who leads IE marketing, cited a number of reasons for the change, including better security, less version fragmentation for Web app and site developers, and improved compatibility with third-party and Microsoft's own Web-based applications and services, such as Office 365. They recently did something similar with Skype recently; also citing security reasons. Why is Skype Forcing a software upgrade on all of us? - telecomtechnews Skype reverses decision to drop OS X 10.5 support, will rerelease an older compatible version ‘soon’ - thenextweb Edited August 9, 2014 by LilBambi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted August 9, 2014 Share Posted August 9, 2014 They're ending support for IE 10 in Win 7 so soon? I'm not sure, but what is the current IE version in Win 7? Isn't it v10? Hmm... answered my own question: https://support.microsoft.com/kb/969393 Looks like 10 is the current version. I suppose that MS plans on releasing 11 sometime soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrine Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Yuck! That KB article needs updating. IE11 was released for Windows 7 in November. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zlim Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 I'll keep running IE 10 for a bit. I don't use it but when I test something, I fire it up. I'm still reading about problems with IE 11 on Windows 7; I don't hear of too many problems of IE 11 on Windows 8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 I haven't checked, but I guess I better. I'm not sure what version of IE I'm running in my Win 7 installations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 I have IE11 on my Windows 7 Ultimate ASUS laptop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crp Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 11 is out but sheesh is it problematic (and where is the compatible button?) and i'm surprised that any version prior to 10 are still on the support list. they should just stop those in a few month, those versions of IE way to vulnerable. It's be like running FireFox 3. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 They took it from the place we have gotten used to (compatibility mode), but you can still click on the gear icon, and select the Compatibility View Settings item in the drop-down menu. A dialog box comes up, where you can add domains as noted in this TechNet article: Missing the Compatibility View Button Compatibility View was introduced in Internet Explorer 8 to help existing content continue to work with Internet Explorer 7, while developers updated their content to support modern interoperable web standards. Since then, the Internet Explorer web platform, and the web itself, have changed so that most public web content looks for standards-based features instead of Internet Explorer 7-compatible behavior. Thanks to these changes, using Internet Explorer 11 in the latest standards mode is more compatible with the web than ever before. As a result, Internet Explorer 11 simplifies web page compatibility for users by removing the Compatibility View button and reducing the number of compatibility options in the F12 tools for developers. What happened to the Compatibility View button? In previous versions of Internet Explorer, the Compatibility View button would attempt to fix a broken standards-based website, by getting the page to appear like it did in Internet Explorer 7. Today however, more standards-based websites are broken by attempting to appear like they did in Internet Explorer 7. So instead of implementing and using Compatibility View, developers are updating their server configuration to add X-UA-Compatible meta tags, which forces the content to the “edge”, making the Compatibility View button disappear. In support of these changes, the Compatibility View button has been completely removed for Internet Explorer 11. What if I still need Compatibility View? There might be extenuating circumstances in your company, which require you to continue to use Compatibility View. In this situation, this process should be viewed strictly as a workaround. You should work with the website vendor to make sure that the affected pages are updated to match the latest web standards. The functionality described here is currently deprecated and will be removed at a time in the future. Important This functionality is only available in Internet Explorer for the desktop. To change your Compatibility View settings 1. Open Internet Explorer for the desktop, click Tools, and then click Compatibility View settings. 2. In the Compatibility View Settings box, add the problematic website URL, and then click Add. Compatibility View is turned on for this single website, for this specific computer. 3. Decide if you want your intranet sites displayed using Compatibility View, decide whether to use Microsoft compatibility lists, and then click Close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corrine Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Think about it. How many versions of IE should Microsoft be supporting? IE 7 was released in October, 2006. IE 8 was released in March, 2009. IE 9 was released in March, 2011. IE 10 was first released with Windows 8 in September, 2012 and then for Windows 7 two months later in November. IE 11 was released in in October, 2013 for Windows 8.1 and November for Windows 7. It isn't only companies that are affected by changes in browsers. Websites also have to adjust to the changes, which means that e-commerce is impacted when trying to keep their sites compatible with multiple browsers. Businesses can continue using "Enterprise Mode" which was stated as being not only supported but also maintained and improved through EOL for Windows 7 in 2020. Ask to IE11, I've had no issues with it when I've used it, although, as most everyone knows, IE isn't my primary browser of choice due to the add-ons I use with Pale Moon (previously FF). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest LilBambi Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 I would imagine supporting the most recent stable IE for any given supported version of Windows would be appropriate in this security dangerous Intermet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V.T. Eric Layton Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 I always keep my Win 7 up-to-date, so I must be using IE11 in there. I still haven't booted up to Windows to find out, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.