Unsurprisingly, IE9 won't be supported on an obsolete OS

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    Unsurprisingly, IE9 won't be supported on an obsolete OS



    Internet Explorer General Manager Dean Hachamovitch all but confirmed today that the next version of Microsoft's Web browser, Internet Explorer 9, will not be supported on Windows XP.

    Hachamovitch stopped short of explicitly saying that XP would not be supported, but said that building a "modern browser" required a "modern operating system." IE9 will be heavily dependent on hardware acceleration, courtesy of its use of Direct2D and DirectWrite; neither API is available on Windows XP.

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    1. Phoenix
      Phoenix
      Awesome
      now i cant wait for them to go x64 only ;)
      Mar 17, 2010
      #2
    2. Sparky
      Sparky
      Steady on there mate. :biggrin
      Mar 17, 2010
      #3
    3. zebulebu
      zebulebu
      Damn. Does that mean I'll be stuck using Firefox on XP then? Oh... wait...

      :twisted:
      Mar 17, 2010
      #4
    4. Len
      Len
      Who uses IE anyways? dont answer that.
      Mar 18, 2010
      #5
    5. BosonMichael
      BosonMichael
      I do, only because I have no reason to switch over to Firefox. Yet.
      Mar 18, 2010
      #6
    6. LukeP
      LukeP
      Loads of companies because you can control it via group policy?
      Mar 18, 2010
      #7
    7. Boycie
      Boycie
      I know you can install firefox via msi although not aware of any way of controlling it via group policy. I think the best you could do is to install firefox on a spare system, tweak it and then deploy the config file. probably be a fair bit of work...
      Mar 18, 2010
      #8

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