Tag: ie7

Microsoft Applauds IE8 Beta 2 Performance Boost

August 29, 2008 by Jason

8 is not the fastest in the universe. This, according to Manager, Christian Stockwell, working on the of the . However, this is not to say that the Redmond company has not poured a consistent amount of efforts into boosting the of ’s successor. In fact, 8 Beta 2, planned for release by the end of this month, will offer palpable proof of the new horsepower under the ’s hood.

“When we took a hard look at our goals and considered what we could do to build the best , we were presented with a quandary. On the one hand, we could focus very narrowly on scripting , trusting that our investment would noticeably improve our users’ browsing experience. Alternatively, we could invest more broadly in realistic scenarios, measuring heavily-used subsystems and investing our effort accordingly. We opted for the latter ,” Stockwell noted.

Even as early as March 2008, GM Dean Hachamovitch indicated that was up 2.5 times, the inbox was loading 34% faster, the task of opening a new conversation took 45% less time, while that of opening a thread 25% less. With Beta 2, has tweaked the execution time for the , but it has also managed to up navigation and user interaction. Read More»

Five great add-ons for Internet Explorer

August 28, 2008 by Jason

are programs that add features to a or change the way it works. If you’ve ever wished could do something new or differently, chances are there’s an add-on out there that will fulfill your wish.

I must have tried out hundreds of over the years. In this column, I’ll talk about five that I use every day. They have all earned a place in my add-on stable because they really have made my online life easier, and I miss their presence when using somebody else’s .

Power users love

is a add-on for 7 that is indispensable to me in my day-to-day work. It adds a raft of new abilities to the , including advanced management of tabbed browsing settings, a simple download manager, spelling checks of text you enter in forms, autoscrolling of webpages, quick searching of page text, ad and Flash blocking, custom keyboard shortcuts, and much more. Read More»

IE8 Beta 1 Is Live

February 27, 2008 by Jason

Welcome to 8. This is the message displayed initially by the installer for the next iteration of ’s proprietary , as you can very well see from the screenshot accompanying this article. Just an anodyne proof that Beta 1 is now live. At the end of the past week, began sending out invitations to the first beta build for . Participation in the limited technical beta for 8 Beta 1 is possible only through explicit invitations from the Team. The Redmond company has now confirmed the kick-off of the private Beta 1 testing.

Here is the link pre-selected Beta 1 testers have to follow, but if you have not been invited to participate in the Technical Beta, it won’t do you any good. The best that I can do for you, at this point in time, is to deliver the first taste of 8 Beta 1. Yes, I do agree it isn’t much, but at the same time, it’s better than nothing. Read More»

Speedup Internet Explorer 7 by Increasing the Connections Limit

February 26, 2008 by Jason

This guide shows you increase 7’s limit from 2 to 16 which increases the of many pages.

What Are ?

When you connect to a website your establishes with the server(s). One might be a graphics server, another may be an ad server and so on. Once the has received what it asked for it is disconnected and used for something else.

By default is set to only be able to open 2 or 4 at a time. If you have and you use tabs in or you visit sites that use lots of this will increase the of a little. Read More»

IE7 and Firefox 2.0 Are Slaughtering Internet Explorer 6

February 05, 2008 by Jason

Out with the old, in with the new. 7 and 2.0 are virtually slaughtering 6. There was a time, unfortunately not too long ago, when 7 ruled the world wide . Back in October 2006, still accounted for approximately 80% of the global market. October 2006 was a turning point as both and released new versions of their respective browsers, namely 7 and 2.0.

According to statistics made available by Net Applications, in October 2006, had the lion’s share of the market with 77.22%. 7 had climbed to 3.18%, while 2.0 was at 0.69%. At over a year since the availability of 2.0 has all but consumed the users of 1.5, a that is being run now by only 0.53% of users. Of course, the fact that had severed the lifeline of 1.5, cutting support on May 30, 2007, only helped to boost the adoption of version 2.0 Read More»

Speed up Internet Explorer 7 by Increasing the Connections Limit

February 02, 2008 by Jason

When you connect to a website your establishes with the server(s). One might be a graphics server, another may be an ad server and so on. Once the has received what it asked for it is disconnected and used for something else.

By default is set to only be able to open 2 or 4 at a time. If you have and you use tabs in or you visit sites that use lots of this will increase the of a little. Read More»

Microsoft Offers an Insight on Internet Explorer 8 Compatibility

January 23, 2008 by Jason

With the first Beta of 8 scheduled to drop by mid 2008, and with additional details on the successor of 7 to be offered at MIX08 this March, has started opening up on the little by little. First, Dean Hachamovitch, General Manager revealed in mid December that comes with support for a wide range of standards, and now, Chris Wilson, Platform Architect, offered an insight into 8 . In this context, the promise is that will not break the . Read More»

Deploying Internet Explorer 7

January 07, 2008 by Jason

Internet Explorer 7 is currently the most used worldwide, according to statistics made available by Net Applications. Released over a year ago for Windows XP SP2 and Server 2003, the has grown as of December 2007 to a market share of 40.61%. With the end of 2007 also comes the dethroning of 6, from the dominant position on the market. currently accounts for 35.18%, and is the second most used in the world, followed by Firefox 2.0 in third place with 15.80%.

However, despite the consistent evolution that Microsoft is delivering with 7, in contrast to , users have failed to take an immediate shine to the latest version of the . Read More»

IE7 Continously Crashes

December 20, 2007 by Jason

One day my 7 in Vista crashed. The next thing I know it crashes every 30 seconds or so and I could no longer do any work. It was annoying and I tried searching for updates in but couldn’t find any.

I grew tired spending a lot of time looking for the solution and I thought of looking at all the enabled in . I disabled them one at a time and tested whether it caused to crash. Luckily, I found out that a certain add-on installed by an online banking I accessed crashed my . After disabling it, runs at the same level of and stability it used to. Read More»