IE10: Can Microsoft reshape the image of Internet Explorer?

Microsoft's IE browser has always been a bad impression. The old IE is slow, the web page is poor, and often suffers malware attacks. Although the current version of IE9 has made a lot of improvements, the speed is much faster and the security is much higher, but Microsoft has begun to build a fuse for the next generation of IE browsers. Microsoft introduced the next-generation IE browser in Windows 8 pre-release, focusing on the Metro style, and fully integrated with Windows 8. However, according to feedback from some readers who downloaded the preview version, it seems that it is not as perfect as Microsoft claims. Let's take a look at the advantages and disadvantages of IE10 and the design failure.

Advantage 1: Image Display speed will be super fast

Microsoft has already helped build HTML5 web standards. Other companies including Google, Mozilla, HP, Nokia, and Opera), and IE10 will have what Microsoft claims as "Hardware acceleration, this means that IE will be given more computing and processing capabilities. At the same time, the HTML5 technology will bring a faster browsing experience for videos and games.

Advantage 2: making it easier for you to share web pages

To make searching, sharing webpages, and setting these operations easier, Microsoft has designed a button combination called "Charms", which is also used in all Metro Apps. Its Sharing function is like the current sharing extension, which makes it easier for you to share webpages via email or directly without leaving your browser. This function is similar to Google's Chrome browser. You can click it to complete the sharing.

Advantage 3: A click action can open common web pages

After the web browser is started, the new browser occupies the entire screen by default. After one click, it will take you to the personalized home page and iGoogle personalized home page very similar) and enter the navigation bar of the website address. At the same time, the screen displays your frequently used websites and custom websites.

Disadvantage 1: the automatic upgrade feature uses outdated technologies

Microsoft has adopted new features on new IE. If you set a website to a personalized homepage, it will automatically remind you when the content of these websites is updated. Microsoft has created a demo page to display the countdown time of the end of spring. This sounds cool, but Microsoft claims that web developers need to use very outdated "ActiveX" technologies. Therefore, the key issue is how many web developers are willing to develop ActiveX plug-ins for them. In addition, every new information is reminded, which may cause users to be overwhelmed by information interference.

Disadvantage 2: It is very difficult to add extensions.

In earlier versions, many users complained about whether Microsoft has processed the expansion. The official Microsoft FAQ clearly states that installation is not allowed: "IE10 has provided a lot of free extension experiences. It supports HTML5 video content, but does not support tool bar and extension installation ." Extension is one of the biggest reasons that people like Firefox and Chrome, because it almost makes the browser an omnipotent system. By installing various extensions, a lot of work can be done directly on the browser, you do not need to install large software. Microsoft's new Metro-style browser does not support the Evernote plug-in. Maybe Microsoft needs to consider this.

Design failure: no favorites

At present, Microsoft's Metro-style browser does not have the favorites function, and it is merged into a personalized homepage. If you want to add a website to favorites, it will be added to your personalized homepage. This will lead to a very serious problem. We usually have at least a few hundred websites with dozens of favorite websites, and so many website tags are displayed on the personalized homepage, this will not only cause information congestion, but also severely compromise the user experience. Because it does not support extensions, tools such as Delicious cannot be used, which may cause great pain to users.

Therefore, although the browser adopts the Microsoft Metro style and greatly optimizes the speed, however, from the perspective of its design philosophy and presentation functions, it seems to be farther and farther away from modern browsers. Some of the very required functions, such as favorites and lack of plug-in support, are almost isolated from modern browsers. Of course, we still cannot know whether Microsoft will reflect these features in the final version. I hope it can be more perfect and give users a better experience.

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