IE11 for Windows 7 Globally Available for Consumers and Businesses
Internet Explorer 11 (IE11) is available worldwide in 95 languages for download today. We will begin automatically updating Windows 7 customers to IE11 in the weeks ahead, starting today with customers running the IE11 Developer and Release Previews. With this final release, IE11 brings the same leading standards support--with improved performance, security, privacy, and reliability that consumers enjoy on Windows 8.1—to Windows 7 customers.
And with Windows 8.1, IE11 delivers the best experience of your sites and apps together. IE11 on Windows 8.1 delivers an experience that is fast, fluid and perfect for touch - the best Web experience on any tablet.
30% faster for real world Web sites
With IE11 we continue delivering the best performance for real world Web sites on your Windows device. IE11 on Windows 7 improves performance across the board with faster page loading, faster interactivity, and faster JavaScript performance, while reducing CPU usage and improving battery life on mobile PCs.
You can experience IE11’s leading performance first hand with demos on the IE Test Drive site where you’ll find examples of hardware accelerated rendering, interactivity, touch, and real world site patterns. EtchMark is a new test drive demo that’s an entertaining HTML5 retro-drawing experience, one that also enables you measure your browser’s performance.
Enjoy a fun, retro-drawing experience and test your browser’s performance with EtchMark
EtchMark shows some of what is possible on the Web today, using a broad range of technologies available to developers in IE11, including HTML5, CSS3, SVG Filters, touch, orientation events, pointer events, power efficiency, and more. EtchMark shows how IE11 makes the most of the device you have, enabling control with one or two fingers for touch as well as with the mouse. On tablets with device orientation support, you can shake the device to erase, or use orientation lock to keep EtchMark locked in the same position independent of how you are holding it.
EtchMark uses standards-based mark-up for interoperability across browsers and makes the most of fully hardware-accelerated browsers like IE11 on both Windows 7 and Windows 8.1, with consistent performance across a wide range of Windows devices including tablets like the Surface 2.
Leading JavaScript performance
IE11 advances JavaScript performance, while ensuring compatibility, interoperability, and security. On Windows 7, IE11 is 9% faster than IE10, which is nearly 30% faster than the nearest competitive browser.
IE11 extends its leadership in Javascript performance, so real-world sites are faster
The updated Chakra JIT compiler in IE11 supports more optimizations including inline caches for polymorphic property access, in-lining of functions at polymorphic call sites, and compilation support for specific ECMAScript5 constructs like getters/setters, so even more code is JIT’ed and less time is spent in JavaScript computation. Garbage collection utilizes the background thread much more efficiently, substantially reducing the frequency and amount of time the UI thread is blocked doing garbage collection.
You can experience these improvements in the new Popcorn test drive demo, which uses getters/setters to enforce types and mutate properties. In the past we’ve seen developers shy away from getters/setters because of the belief that they incur too high a cost on performance. With the improvements in IE11, getters/setters are now fast enough for many use cases.
Fast, world-ready Web applications
IE11 includes support for the well-defined and commonly used features of the emerging ECMAScript 6 standard including let, const, Map, Set, and WeakMap, as well as __proto__ for improved interoperability. IE11 also supports the ECMAScript Internationalization API (version 1.0), which enables culture aware sorting, number formatting, date and time formatting to be performed efficiently in JavaScript without having to round-trip to the server.
IE11's new internationalization APIs enable rich, world-ready Web applications without plug-ins
The World Data demo showcases how developers can utilize some of the new internationalization APIs for displaying and converting data to use native currencies, and date and time formats to create and deliver rich, world-ready Web applications without taking dependencies on plug-ins for delivering such experiences to users.
In addition to raw performance improvements of real world sites, IE11 includes improvements to make common browsing activities faster. IE11’s improved frequent sites algorithms make getting to your favorite sites faster. Similarly, improvements in form editing controls to preserve formatting make copy-paste from Office and other apps faster and more accurate.
Faster development with 25 new and improved modern Web standards
For developers, IE11 brings increased support for modern Web standards powered by hardware acceleration to enable a new class of compelling applications and fast and fluid Web browsing. IE11 adds support for over 25 new or improved modern Web standards beyond IE10.
Developers can build next-generation experiences with professional-quality Web video, and hyper-fast 2D and 3D Web technologies that make the most of the underlying hardware. IE11 supports real world standards and compatibility, and new developer tools enable developers to build high-performance Web experiences on Windows devices. Here are just a few examples of how the Web is better for developers with IE11:
Debug faster with new F12 developer tools. IE11 supports the latest standards and frameworks actively used by Web developers. Brand new F12 tools in IE enable iterative, visual debugging and tuning of Web sites. Modern.IE enables cross-browser testing, no matter where you choose to develop.
Hardware-accelerated 3D Web graphics. Interoperable WebGL experiences run on all devices, taking advantage of GPU acceleration. IE11 scans for unsafe WebGL content and implements a software-based renderer to complement the GPU. With Windows, graphics subsystem failures are not fatal, and WebGL continues to run. With IE11, your 3D experiences can access device orientation to create new interaction opportunities for immersive Web content.
The existing Web continues to work – even better: IE11 is interoperable with existing sites, which just run faster and look better in IE. Of course, intranet sites and apps continue to run in IE11, which supports Compatibility View.
Enable professional-quality video experiences on the Web. IE11 enables HTML5 video without plugins. IE11 supports the latest standards for closed captioning, streaming that adapts to available network bandwidth, and rights management—so all your video content can be as good as the professionals. Power-efficient video streaming in Windows 8.1 extends battery life for Web video.
You can read more at the IE Developer Center and the updated IE11 Guide for Developers about the full set of new and improved Web standards supported in IE11 – listed below with links to the specifications.
Best experience of your sites and apps together
IE11 puts your Web sites first, delivering the best Web on Windows across a full range of devices and screen sizes that is equally great for touch, mouse, and keyboard. You can have as many open tabs as you want, and side-by-side browsing with your favorite sites and Windows Store apps together. Here’s a quick look at some of the thinking behind the user experience of the browser from a few of the engineers who helped build IE11 for Windows 8.1.
See some of the thinking behind the browser experience in IE11 and Windows 8.1
The opportunities continue for HTML5 to make both Web sites and applications better. Those opportunities are exciting for everyone on the Web. As with IE11 on Windows 8.1, this release brings high performance HTML5 development to Windows 7.
For developers building on HTML5, now is time to ready your sites for IE11. Developers can use the recently updated modern.IE to test and verify your sites, using a wizard that scans a Web page URL for common interoperability problems and suggests ideas for how to address those issues to improve the user experience across modern and older browsers.
On behalf of the individuals and companies who have worked with us to deliver this product, and the many people at Microsoft who have built it, thank you for your feedback and for using IE11.
Rob Mauceri and Sandeep Singhal
Group Program Managers, Internet Explorer
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Anonymous
November 07, 2013
Congrats team!Anonymous
November 07, 2013
Congratulations! Loving it already.Anonymous
November 07, 2013
Excited to download and start trying out the new update. How about a Mac version?Anonymous
November 07, 2013
thanks for sharing, it's great post Welcome Tech Reviews Blog http://www.tech-reviews.infoAnonymous
November 07, 2013
Excellent!Anonymous
November 07, 2013
Great. Another version of Internet Exploder I need to test...Anonymous
November 07, 2013
This is awesome! Now just about everyone can have a modern, fast web browsing experience!Anonymous
November 07, 2013
Awesome but after install and first start of IE11 it brings you to the Successfully installed IE10 page. www.internetexplorerwelcome.com/ie10Anonymous
November 07, 2013
That's only IE7, IE8, IE9, IE10 and now IE11 that we have to test against.Anonymous
November 07, 2013
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November 07, 2013
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November 07, 2013
Now what about Server 2012?Anonymous
November 07, 2013
Google + - not work Google Translate - not work Wordpress - not work x-ua-compatible - ignore Whats next!?!?!?!?!?!?!?Anonymous
November 07, 2013
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November 07, 2013
I cannot believe I witnessed benign, truthful and relevant comments being deleted from this post. Way to sensor the community and help favor your own products. I primarily develop software systems against the microsoft ecosystem and I am absolutely blown away by this action. I don't think you realize the influence some of us have over the enterprise market and how easy it can be for us to sway our customers to go with open source or alternative solutions -- especially given their far-advanced capability and severely reduced cost in comparison with your own product lineup. I sincerely suggest you stop disenfranchising your consumer and advocate base if you wish to stay successful. P.S. .NET is currently your only saving grace, period. Sincerely, Every developer everAnonymous
November 07, 2013
I can't wait to install IE11! It's the greatest browser on the web!Anonymous
November 07, 2013
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November 07, 2013
Great, it's always getting better. Also checkout this free app: play.google.com/.../detailsAnonymous
November 07, 2013
Same problem here, I'm using the last pre-beta, and the download page says I'm already up to date.Anonymous
November 07, 2013
Ironically enough, the download page worked on other browsers. Oh, IE, you are so hilarious.Anonymous
November 07, 2013
Sweet! So when can we download the IE 12 beta :)Anonymous
November 07, 2013
Great job, IE Team! I love these people who complain about having to test against yet another version of IE as if other browsers aren't in the same boat (hello FF and Chrome with their 6 week release cycles now up to v25 and 30 respectively). Would you rather MS not release new versions and never improve? Get over it. Your a developer, it's part of your job.Anonymous
November 07, 2013
will it run on Windows 7 or do i need windows 7 SP1???Anonymous
November 07, 2013
The middle click scroll button (ie. press middle click on any scrollable page) still does not work correctly if you zoom into a page/image. Specifically, it only allows scrolling to directions that overflow when un-zoomed; but it does not allow scrolling to directions which overflow after zooming. So:
- open up any page that does not induce overflow / doesn't have scrollbars (such as a small image)
- Zoom into it until you get scrollbars
- press middle click. Normally you should be able to zoom in, but in IE11 on Win7 x64, you can't. This is a regression from IE10 and this bug has been present in all of the preview versions of IE11. I can only hope that one of the security updates from Windows Update will fix this, like how one of them added back the ability to pick non-IE11 rendering modes in the developer tools.
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November 07, 2013
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November 07, 2013
Upgrading now... Will test later. :)Anonymous
November 07, 2013
not switching from google chrome.. IE 11 might be a tad faster but better experience with google chrome - able to scroll down while the page is loading. Plus, what is up with the blank bar at the top?Anonymous
November 07, 2013
there is troubles in the new YouTube comments with IE11.Anonymous
November 07, 2013
Thank you!!Anonymous
November 07, 2013
Anyone running the IE11 preview edition who would like to force the upgrade to RTM can do so at windows.microsoft.com/.../ie-11-worldwide-languagesAnonymous
November 07, 2013
I fully support what pmbAustin said. You need to work on stability not performance. You think I care if a page opens a few milliseconds faster? I care about my browser not crashing when I go for lunch.Anonymous
November 07, 2013
Does MathML finally work?Anonymous
November 07, 2013
万火留！Anonymous
November 07, 2013
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November 07, 2013
Please work on Add ons ! addons.mozilla.org/.../sqlite-managerAnonymous
November 07, 2013
Is this clear that Ie11 is the last IE on Windows 7 sp1. Do you guy surely ship IE12 on Windows ???. Guys Where is the WEBRTC in WP8 IE. When I was able to run TogetherJs on My IE (WP8)Anonymous
November 07, 2013
where is cache control and cookies tool in old ie developer toolsAnonymous
November 07, 2013
I am not going to "upgrade" until the F12 dev tools are restored to the full functionality: disable script, disable popup blocker, disable CSS These are sorely missed in daily surfing! E.g. I have the popup blocker on the strictest setting, but if I come across a badly designed site that uses popups for functionality F12 was a handy way to disable the blocker. HarryAnonymous
November 07, 2013
Nice to hear that. We need to improve WebGL support over the world wide web :)Anonymous
November 07, 2013
Very solid browser. Too bad the switching of rendering mode in F12 has become completely useless as conditional comments are completely ignored, even when viewing a page as IE8Anonymous
November 07, 2013
@IE team: congratulations! @Dave: Nope, no MathML this time. :( Maybe they will do it for IE12?Anonymous
November 07, 2013
Hi. Question: Why so late? The package is digitally signed on 15 October 2013.Anonymous
November 07, 2013
This is wonderful news, its already the best browser on the web and I just love it to bits. All the other browsers are rubbish - I don't know why they even bother. And all the bugs you are experiencing? All in your mind. Change how you work! Welcome to the nineties!Anonymous
November 07, 2013
Every web developer knows that internet explorer only slow the web technology.Anonymous
November 07, 2013
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November 08, 2013
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November 08, 2013
Great job guys!Anonymous
November 08, 2013
Haven't tried yet, but can't wait to!Anonymous
November 08, 2013
Oh well, and they just rolled out IE 9 at work this month...Anonymous
November 08, 2013
I hope in the next version they fix all the issues the other browsers don't seem to have:
- Favicon issues... favicons always getting lost in the favorites bar, disappearing, going black, falling back to 'default' icons
- Pages constantly crashing and reloading for no known reason
- iexplore.exe processes growing in size until rendering in IE, and eventually screen drawing in other apps like File Explorer starts to fail And UI enhancements would sure be nice:
- Enable the option of returning the separate search bar (a la IE8)
- Enable the option to move the Home/Favorite/Settings buttons around (some people like them on the left)
- Provide an option to make the UI more "touch friendly" in desktop mode for use on Surface/Surface Pro (try opening new tabs when the tab bar is full, it's a pain to hit the tiny targets)
- Provide touch gestures for rapidly going to the top/bottom of the page (try this on a tablet on a long page, where there is no keyboard and it's nearly impossible to grab the scroll bar with your finger)
- Paste and Go in desktop (it's great in the Win8 App version)
- Rework the Internet Options dialog, ESPECIALLY the "Advanced" tab... and why doesn't tab handling default to "Most Recently Used" tab order, and why is it so difficult to find and change that setting? I always have to turn this on, and this is a huge differentiator over something like Chrome. Literally, the main reason I won't use Chrome is because it doesn't have MRU tab switching. I'm also currently having a problem since upgrading my Surface Pro to Windows 8.1/IE 11, where YouTube videos, especially those embedded in other pages, don't display the video (sound only) if they're embedded in the page... I have to click the 'full screen' button before I can see anything. And this is in Microsoft's premiere device, with all Microsoft drivers and experiences. Come on.
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November 08, 2013
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November 08, 2013
Where is Vorbis, Opus, Theora, VP8, WebRTC an such? I am very disappointed.Anonymous
November 08, 2013
When will this piece of *** browser cease to exist...Anonymous
November 08, 2013
@pmbAustin: I raised a bug report on Microsoft Connect about this very issue: connect.microsoft.com/.../ie-stops-spawning-processes-after-around-70-tabs-have-been-opened-leading-to-one-large-process-and-rendering-failureAnonymous
November 08, 2013
Just try Peacekeeper and you will see how far you really are from Opera, Chrome and Maxthon. Lucky you, Firefox is worse than IE.Anonymous
November 08, 2013
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November 08, 2013
Nifty, check out the "Last Active Click" page for a work around for the tabbing issue. I don't know why there's not a UI option for it... I find multiple instances of apps really difficult to deal with, without turning this feature on. Just go here: www.howtogeek.com/.../16334 It says for Windows 7, but it works just as well with Windows 8. I encourage you to give it a try... I think you'll like it. And hey, Microsoft! GIVE US A UI TO TOGGLE THIS FEATURE WITH! It belongs in Taskbar Properties.Anonymous
November 08, 2013
Update the pre historic "Settings" please.Anonymous
November 08, 2013
When I installed IE11, the builtin Windows 7 Gadgets on the desktop don't display properly. The weather gadget is partially transparent and the CPU Meter just displays text without any graphical display. Is anyone else having problems with the Windows 7 Gadgets after installing IE11?Anonymous
November 08, 2013
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November 08, 2013
@mocax - you shouldn't be testing with the emulator anyway, but with the free VMs instead. check out http://modern.ie the IE7 and 8 emulators now pretty much force you to finally use the much more accurate VMsAnonymous
November 08, 2013
I think IE11 is good and better than its predecessors, but why at this site http://html5test.com/ IE11 gets the lowest score of all other browsers? Mine gets 350 Points only :-( html5test.com/.../desktop.html Can I have an answer?Anonymous
November 08, 2013
Will try and let you know the difference. Just getting ready to install it. md xowned http://www.xownd.comAnonymous
November 08, 2013
Stephen, I have the same problem with the Gadgets in Win 7 (x64). The Gadgets run, but the graphic doesn't get rendered properly. I updated my video driver but that didn't fix it. Then I uninstalled IE11 and now the Gadgets are working again. Hard to believe this release passed QA.Anonymous
November 08, 2013
Thats greate. Awesome browser. This is a joke, but we can forget the IE9.Anonymous
November 08, 2013
Can't wait to get in on my XP machine - Lol!Anonymous
November 08, 2013
Over the many years that I've been web designing, I've never really witnessed such an orbital monopolized mess with each release of IE. You would think that MS would want to popularize the IE browser by allowing compatibility to older OS's such as XP, Vista, etc. but it's the continued graduated force to buy the latest OS to use their latest browser - IE. Not only do web designers have to consider as to when to stop and/or cleanup the nightmarish mess and support that MS leaves behind, but the testing that is now even broader with mobile browsers and PC, and now with great consideration of unforeseen bugs on this first release of IE11. To all you web designers - happy coding!Anonymous
November 09, 2013
Thank you, pmbAustin:) Unfortunately IE11 doesn't seem to have capability to turn off tabs, because Group Policy setting in IEAK says that feature of turning off tabs is supported by versions up to IE10, not after IE11...Anonymous
November 09, 2013
Upgraded to IE 11 yesterday. Since then I cannot open my Hotmail emails in IE. Hotmail opens in Chrome though. What to do?Anonymous
November 09, 2013
IE is coolAnonymous
November 09, 2013
I have Internet Explorer 11 on my Windows 8 machine and I am not happy with much of it. Particularly not being able to use the Google Toolbar, translate or any popular toolbar. I also view a lot of webcams, most require Java and Java does not work well with Internet Explorer 11.Anonymous
November 09, 2013
How can I use ie11 on linux/unix os?Anonymous
November 09, 2013
@Raj: You can't. IE11 license agreement forbids its use on any other operating system. If I remember correctly, that's why Wikipedia stopped calling IE a freeware.Anonymous
November 09, 2013
@KC " Can't wait to get in on my XP machine - Lol! " Also I :) viva King Windows Xp. .lOOOOLAnonymous
November 09, 2013
There is no reason for anybody to support Vista at this point because its market share is so low. As for xp, if people are going to use a ridiculously outdated 12 year old OS then they need to accept that the amount of new programs/games that don't work on it is going to continue rising. Microsoft gains nothing useful from supporting XP at this point and if other companies were smart they'd start focusing on Windows 7/8 instead of dumbing down their code to please every customer that thinks they can hang onto the past forever.Anonymous
November 10, 2013
@Fleet Command: The RTM process involves testing etc.Anonymous
November 10, 2013
Boy I hate this update, All I get now is blue screens all day long now. What did they do?? it used to just freez now I get the blue screen!Anonymous
November 10, 2013
Great news. Now only update the interface so it is not so outdated and clumsy and is simpler to use and maybe make easy extensions possible like in Chrome and I will actually consider switching from Chrome for browsing. Not for development though.Anonymous
November 10, 2013
BUT DOES IT INCLUDE BROWSER MODES YET? Seriously, I can't install it until I can confirm that it does.Anonymous
November 10, 2013
What about cleartype and font smoothing? Is it possible to turn off?Anonymous
November 11, 2013
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November 11, 2013
IE11 x64 (Win7 SP1) can't reliably run WebGL at all. Just try any non-Microsoft WebGL demo on any machine. It's either distorted, really slow, both, or just doesn't work. You can't say "like Gecko" in the user agent string when WebGL doesn't work properly. All the consumers will get is a broken experience if IE11 isn't prevented from accessing the WebGL content.Anonymous
November 11, 2013
What would be the value for ie11? Will try 11000 ...Anonymous
November 11, 2013
11000 decimal does not seem to be it ... anywhere an official piece that tells me what to poke into the registry to make my browser control thing work again? Server complains I am using a browser that is too old, so I did set the user agent as well to no avail, help!Anonymous
November 11, 2013
Hi. I also have Problems with the Gadgets. WIN7 with IE11. Back to IE10 all OK.Anonymous
November 11, 2013
I note that Editing mode WebBrowser Control in Internet Explorer 11, Document's IPersistStreamInit::IsDirty always return false! (in Win8.1 and Win7). Any ideas on when this may be fixed? http://bit.ly/1eFEDNuAnonymous
November 11, 2013
Cool, will review it on http://www.technostall.comAnonymous
November 11, 2013
Ever since I received IE 11 as an update, I have not been able to use it. I get repeated messages that Internet Explorer has stopped working.and that Windows is checking for a solution. I hope they hurry up and find one!!!!!Anonymous
November 11, 2013
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November 12, 2013
I need to rollback to 10 and to block this from ever installing again on my Windows 7. I cannot input passwords at websites, cannot get some textbox commands to work, and many other discovered and yet to discover lost capabilities on my laptop. Laptops simply do not need upgrades to mobile software and should be left at legacy, more non-mobile optimized, unless upgrade is explicitly chosen. This upgrade looked like a Windows 7 security upgrade and, thus, IE 11 installed via a dirty trick. I never install any new browser until others have gotten the issuer to fix the problems. What is the safe way to return to ie10. Can my entire settings be restored also?Anonymous
November 12, 2013
@mocax - Thanks for the report! The team is aware of this issue with viewport emulation and we're working on a fix for the issue. @Martijn - F12 in IE11 includes document modes.Anonymous
November 12, 2013
@Mo, re "IE11 x64 (Win7 SP1) can't reliably run WebGL at all" - Most WebGL pages should run without issues in this version of our renderer; there are some pages that require functionality that is not in our current renderer. Some pages only work in one browser (or on certain higher-end GPUs), or were never tested in IE. Our team is working with web developers and WebGL libraries to ensure that WebGL content is interoperable. (See three.js contributions from https://github.com/stammen, for example)Anonymous
November 12, 2013
It will be nice, if Compatibility View can be switched (and driven by GPO) for subdomains something.domain.com and no only for domains domain.com. We use domain namespace for internal purposes and each domain has different system with different level of web standard support and browser detections.Anonymous
November 13, 2013
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November 13, 2013
Broke our company's web app and now we are scrambling to test a .NET 4.0 patch so our yours can log into our app with IE11.Anonymous
November 13, 2013
Until they disable tabbed browsing I will not be using IE11 IT COULD BE DISABLED IN ALL THE OTHER VERSIONS ...WHY NOT THIS ONE TOO!! and along with windows 8 here is another situation where Microsoft aren't listening to what the public really want. only what Microsoft THINK you wantAnonymous
November 13, 2013
can't use mouse to open email on my Win7 computer after downloading IE 11 anyone else have this problem & how to solveAnonymous
November 13, 2013
Can we make IE11 run as IE9 for certain intranet sites (but not all)? We have versions of Confluence and JIRA that don't work with IE10 or 11 yet. Unless I can manage compatibility modes via group policy on a per site basis (eg jira.company.local) I can't upgrade until every intranet site is compatible with IE11.Anonymous
November 13, 2013
Parabéns - desejo que vocês iria liberar isso para todos os sistemas operacionais Windows suportados - Estou falando Vista e para cima. Também (já que eu sou um desenvolvedor web), testando em todas essas versões do IE é uma dor. Eu acho que é hora de IE para ir para o FF, Chrome modelo de Autolatina (o que faz agora, felizmente :)) e soltando o número da versão. Basta ligar para ele IE ou IE moderno para diferenciá-lo e permitir que todos os sistemas operacionais Windows para mover a este novo navegador "moderno". Isso seria ótimo para matar as versões antigas do IE mais rápido em sistemas operacionais Windows suportados. Apenas um pensamento.Anonymous
November 13, 2013
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November 13, 2013
The problem I have with articles like this is that Microsoft is partially shooting themselves in the foot. The article bashes IE10 which is still fully supported and will be for the life of Windows 8. Why would you dog on your own products? This all ties back to Microsoft bundling browser releases into the OS. It's great for the numbers game but if they made IE independent of the OS then they could follow a normal release and support schedule. Thus eliminating the need to support a browser for a decade (i.e. IE6). Which is what leads to an article like this where you bash a browser that came out only 15 months ago (IE10).Anonymous
November 13, 2013
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November 13, 2013
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November 13, 2013
Good work team, we've been waiting.Anonymous
November 13, 2013
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November 13, 2013
I'm glad to see you guys have dropped a new version of Explorer. However, The Google Search Page after you type in what you want shows up with all the text on he left border. I spend way too much time there, otherwise I haven't had any other problems with other websites. To all Tech Support wannabees, I did check my compatibility settings. Have fun and keep the good work.Anonymous
November 13, 2013
Hello! Thank you for your job. I love IE an I use it from 6.0 version. We got it today with Microsoft Update and I don't know how could this happen, OWA 2010, OWA 2013, RDS Web Access does not work. I added all of important sites to Compatibility View List and everything works. I think after installing all of updates for Exchange and RDS everything will be OK, but, unfortunately it is not possible for us right now. It is Little tricky but, I know you can better! Good Luck! Thanks!Anonymous
November 13, 2013
Hallo, I'm from Germany and I use Microsoft Internet Explorer since 18 years. I'm happy to use IE11 for the next time. Thanks Bill. FrankAnonymous
November 13, 2013
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November 13, 2013
Once more guys: All your good work is worthless, if I don't get my search bar back!!! Please let ME (!) decide, if I want to use it or not. I don't like it, if anyone try to force me! It's MY way to work. I know, there are a lot of people, which are happy without this bar, but I guess, there are even more simple using the google search bar. And no, the statement 'there should be more place for the website' isn't legal - not in the time, we have bigger screens than ever. But a good point - let ME decide, too, how big is the address field, yeah, good idea, isn't it. And last but not least - sure, I know how to use the search in the address field. But have you ever tried using this stupid feature, if you have to enter IP-addresses or NetBIOS Names uncounted times a day? I'm sure, you haven't. I still agree, let users use this feature, if they want to, but please give the others an option. The main message of this posting: GIVE US OPTIONS AGAIN, PLEASE, AND DO NOT FORCE US! Thank you very much ;-)Anonymous
November 13, 2013
Andreas L., I read your msg in full, i.e., every words of it. Thanks.Anonymous
November 13, 2013
would like to download it but its not avaible on WSUS(or MS update catalog) yetAnonymous
November 13, 2013
Why get something new if the old works good? If it ain't broke, don't fix it.Anonymous
November 13, 2013
I get the same problem that I had IE10 and signing into Yahoo Mail! have to enter password twice. Back to Firefox.Anonymous
November 13, 2013
WHAT ABOUT THE SAME VERSION IN SPANISH LENGAUJE? SOME ONE IS TRYING TO HAVE THE SAPNISH AWAY?Anonymous
November 13, 2013
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November 13, 2013
Great!. Downloaded and installed the EN version. Already tried it for about an hour over W7Pro. It really renders web pages faster! About twice as fast, I'd say, for instance, with the English version of the Huffington. Yet to try on intensive HTML5 sites. I'll keep commenting when done.Anonymous
November 13, 2013
'New' means improved with added value so it's worth tryingAnonymous
November 13, 2013
I dont like IE 11 Still lot of thing s needs to be improved . But I love Microsoft innovations always . Frankly speaking it has to be improved a lot.Anonymous
November 13, 2013
it cause my laptop blue screen few times when i am opening webpage using IE (slow, hang, then blue screen) switch to firefox, and chrome, it never happen ><Anonymous
November 13, 2013
Congrats!!!! Welcome IE11. The wait is now over.Anonymous
November 13, 2013
Congrats, Team.Anonymous
November 13, 2013
Rendering Reporting Services Toolbar is a mess. I've reported this behavior since the first Preview. Nothing happened. If it's not working with MS products what about other products !Anonymous
November 13, 2013
what's the use of this blank title bar? and why tabs and jammed together with the address bar ?!!Anonymous
November 13, 2013
Nice job guys............. <3Anonymous
November 13, 2013
please read the comment from pmbAustin again... <<Now if you could only fix the issue where over time, as you leave the browser and multiple tabs open, somehow all tabs get concentrated into fewer and fewer iexplore.exe processes, until the process size goes over 700,000K, and pages stop rendering, and not long after, File Explorer and common open/save dialogs stop rendering.>> I suffer from this - or a related issue - almost daily - OK it's largely to do with the way I use browsers - but there isn't a health warning that says don't do this... I don't know if pmbA's suggested fault diagnosis is correct - quite frankly it's been a few years since I was writing code - but it FEELS like a simple memory leak - and back in the dark ages they used to teach us about that sort of stuff in ¿what? ¿week 6 or 7 ??? I regularly have to force closed instances of ie when I don't have ie open - Hope 11 is better - because this aside I'm liking your work these days !!! :-) SAnonymous
November 13, 2013
Hope this works better on windows 7 than 8.1, although this is not to difficult as it doesnt seem to work at all on 8.1! think i will stick to ie10Anonymous
November 13, 2013
Same as 'jan s' and other: Gadgets run, but the graphic doesn't get rendered properly, after Win update of Nov 14, 2013.Anonymous
November 13, 2013
I hope this works better than the other browsers , in this case , IE11 will save Internet Explorer from deathAnonymous
November 13, 2013
Thanks Andreas L.! Exactly my opinion.Anonymous
November 13, 2013
I will not be updating yet as still trying to get/find fixes for problems on 10 which repeatedly freezes for no apparent reason and after nursing many machines through the same issues I am seriously thinking about advising my group to go to either Google Chrome, or Pale Moon, or Firefox. Would be better if MS sorted out the problems rather than issuing yet another "new" product which we al have to take through testing and yet more agroAnonymous
November 13, 2013
Virtual Truth, companies still run xp for a number of reasons: it's stable, it supports the legacy software that a lot of companies still run and it I relatively easy to fix any issues that arise. To upgrade the OS to the latest and greatest version that MS would like us all to do which one do you go for? as they are replaced on a regular basis (some sooner than others) and for any company and its support team to be continually buying, testing, installing and then supporting each new release, costs a great deal of time and money. That is wh some many people and companies still run XP.Anonymous
November 13, 2013
I am still using IE8 because it is the only browser that offers the GUI that I think is best. I appreciate that you are trying to make everything at Microsoft about tablets, but there is still a huge number of people who still use plain on PCs and no matter how many slick ads you run on TV showing people dancing with tablets, in the real world people use their PCs for work. It is very hard to get any work done when I am trying to figure out how to make a mouse work like a touch screen. While I don't mind the limited browser capabilities that I have on my tablet, I expect more functionality on my PC. I especially do not want a PC that works like a MAC, but that is what it feels like you are trying to do. I hate to burst your bubble, but making Windows look like a MAC OS will not steal MAC users, it will just make it easier for more PC users to switch to MACs.Anonymous
November 13, 2013
Are developer tools working on a 64 bit version ? Mine are not. And are blocking IE 11Anonymous
November 13, 2013
I have IE11 on Windows 8.1. It doesn't support several sites that are important to me. Like my online banking! I tried the beta in Windows 7, and it was atrocious for non-support of valued sites. I can't use it..., PERIOD! I wish I could get 10 to work on 8.1, then I wouldn't have to have a dual-boot system to accommodate apps and services that IE11 doesn't.Anonymous
November 13, 2013
IE 11 was pushed to my Win 7 desktop PC, and when I tried to access the Internet, I continued to get an error that my home page (MSN) could not be found and the page could not load (however, I saw it behind the error message). Out of frustration (from many prompts informing me of that error over and over again), I uninstalled IE 11 and reinstalled IE 9, which seems to work just fine for me. From my point of view, IE 11 is a bust, and I won't be using it. Firefox and Google Chrome seem to work just fine; I'm slowly making the switch to those to see which one I like better.Anonymous
November 14, 2013
Looks great to me,,thank youAnonymous
November 14, 2013
But, does it work with sharepoint? IE 10 does not work with sharepoint reliably even with compatability mode on.Anonymous
November 14, 2013
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November 14, 2013
Great work there. Because good friends are good critic, please move to an automatic upgrade model like Chrome. We shouldn't have to think about upgrades, it should happen automatically.Anonymous
November 14, 2013
The problem with the Gadgets appearing corrupted after installing IE11 only occurs if your DPI is set to 125dpi or more. Change the DPI to 100 or 110 dpi and the Gadgets display properly again.Anonymous
November 14, 2013
idealistic wow...that great i m happy with it ....simply say that one step ahed !!!Anonymous
November 14, 2013
I have a new problem with EBay. I can only create listings in the HTML window. The TAB for Standard view is not visible on the page so photos, fonts, etc is are visible when creating or relisting an item. Back to IE10 and things are working again as they are supposed to again. I got the Gadget problem resolved with the lower DPI, now I got an Ebay problem. That's it for IE11 for me for now. I will try it again in a few months and hopefully the bugs fixed then.Anonymous
November 14, 2013
I cannot start a webex meeting from IE11. Compatibility mode works though.Anonymous
November 15, 2013
Installed and first impressions initially looked good. Pages loading faster and generally crisper. Some sites looked hideous afterwards particularly any form elements, e.g. entry boxes showing an X at the end, scroll arrows appearing around boxes, etc., which are a direct result of the priority MS is now placing on touch devices. Initially these were overcome by adding the site to the Compatibility list. But then:
- Encountered problems with Google searches and having to double-click the back button to return to the search page each time.
- The lack of a compatibility button is a real step backward. Many incompatible pages change on a daily basis. In order to view submit buttons properly (i.e. not surrounded by a thick black border), remove the X in entry boxes, the scroll arrows, etc., now takes FOUR clicks each time to add them to the Compatibility list. Clicking ONCE on a single button on the menu bar would make things far simpler (and simpler still if each click automatically added the URL to the list). So a thumbs up for the speed and security improvements. Unfortunately, the impact on productivity and ease of use on a Win 7 PC has meant that I've had to revert back to IE9.
Anonymous
November 15, 2013
I am having problems with for example: TVGUIDE, before ie 11 was installed I could click on a listing & a description of the show would come up. Now when I click on it the letter just turn red & no description comes up.Anonymous
November 15, 2013
p.o.s! Ill stick to TORAnonymous
November 15, 2013
Hi, I didn't notice any comment that you can block IE11 automatic delivery via Windows Update, just in case some don't want to auto deploy yet: www.itsmdaily.com/.../how-to-block-automatic-internet-explorer-11-installationAnonymous
November 15, 2013
Wow... I have literally installed all MS patches blindly for years - happily, successfully... but this IE11 update did indeed stuff up my life. I too had the gadget issue (I too have DPI 125 set). While this isn't exactly MS' issue, several heavily used websites immediately broke. I haven't uninstalled a MS update in maybe four years... until today.Anonymous
November 15, 2013
Unfortunately what they don't tell you is starting with Internet Explorer 11,you no longer have the option to disable tabs.I've never been a fan of tabbed browsing and in previous versions of IE,you had the option to do this.With IE11,you have no choice but to take it.I asked about this on one of Microsoft's blogs.They indicated that this was something that Microsoft had done deliberately,thinking perhaps that{since this came out in Windows 8}that they had in mind mostly tablet users.That would make sense -- if all you had were tablet users.For laptop and desktop users,it's a different matter.Many people also are reporting issues with there gadgets.I personally didn't have any problems with mine.But it really didn't matter.Since IE11 doesn't allow you to disable tabs,I have already uninstalled it and gone back to IE10,where you do have this option.Anonymous
November 15, 2013
Embedded JavaScript links do not work at all - just dead!Anonymous
November 16, 2013
There are a lot of financial institutions that have not got on board with IE11. Until they do the home user is at a disadvantage.Anonymous
November 16, 2013
IE11 not working properly on win7Anonymous
November 16, 2013
En Español, PleaseAnonymous
November 16, 2013
I've got the YouTube hassle as well. Keeps 'not responding'. Have to keep waiting for it to recover the page. Happens everytime upon opening.Anonymous
November 16, 2013
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November 17, 2013
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November 17, 2013
I saw its UI in a website then I decide not to try it. I hope, you can increase your audience again. You come from %85 to %15 in the market in 10 years. Maybe you make someting before %5.Anonymous
November 18, 2013
Found no difference with speed The only difference seems to be lots of control problems on several sites gone back to IE9Anonymous
November 19, 2013
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November 19, 2013
ONce AGain Microsoft FIXES break Very Critical applications for companies that try to do everyday business. I work on the support desk and now I have months of work to try and undo what they did in 1 update. Now some websites won't launch, Company: Ellie Mae - Product Encompass360: Now we are unable to view documents in the application because IE has now turn on or off some option in some corner that I now have to find in order for us to be able to work. THANK YOU MICROSOFT, I TRULY APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK.Anonymous
November 19, 2013
@bstevens You said: "But, does it work with sharepoint? IE 10 does not work with sharepoint reliably even with compatability mode on." see: www.hanselman.com/.../BugAndFixASPNETFailsToDetectIE10CausingDoPostBackIsUndefinedJavaScriptErrorOrMaintainFF5ScrollbarPosition.aspx and www.hanselman.com/.../IE10AndIE11AndWindows81AndDoPostBack.aspx install sp1 and hotfix on your serverAnonymous
November 20, 2013
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November 20, 2013
Why you removed the MSIE string from the user agent? That will produce so much problems for IE AND for the Devs.Anonymous
November 20, 2013
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