Internet Explorer 11 Will Soon Land On Windows 7

Microsoft has announced that the next version of Internet Explorer will be available for machines running Windows 7.


We already knew that the next update of Windows 8, known as code-named "Blue" will move the operating system version 8.1. The OS in question is accompanied by a new version of Internet Explorer, the eleventh. What we did not know was what would happen to the browser on other versions of Windows. The Redmond company has awarded our fellow Engadget Internet Explorer 11 will indeed be ported to Windows 7. No release date was given. We can only refer to the history of Internet Explorer 10, which was released four months after the final version for Windows 7.

With Internet Explorer 11, Microsoft seek to regain market share to Chrome and Firefox. In May, Google's browser had 25.8% of the European market to 21.9% against 28.8% for Firefox and Internet Explorer. Only difference in size, Internet Explorer lost nearly 10 points in one year while Chrome had gained more than 5 .

IE 11 incorporates WebGL which allows to use hardware acceleration (and thus optimize the autonomy of mobile devices), but also SPDY could eventually replace HTTP. Other new features introduced in IE: the ability to open a hundred tabs in one window and a new interface dedicated to touch screens address bar.