Category: Internet Explorer

Windows7 boosting IE market share in Australia?

David Cowling | August 26, 2011 | Comments (0)

It seems as more users are upgrading to Windows7 (or purchasing new PCs) we are starting to see an increase in market share for Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser. According to global web statistics company, Statcounter – 40% of us in Australia are now using a Windows7 PCs, and there seems to be strong growth month [...]

Internet/ Web Browser Statistics – Australia, April 2011

David Cowling | April 15, 2011 | Comments (2)

Let’s have a look at the current Internet Browser Market Shares in Australia. The 5 main Internet/ Web Browsers being used in Australia are: – Internet Explorer – Mozilla Firefox – Google Chrome – Apple Safari – Opera These days all 5 of these browsers are heavily developing their products to take advantage of the [...]

Microsoft Releases Internet Explorer 10 Beta Preview

David Cowling | April 13, 2011 | Comments (0)

Only last month Microsoft released Internet Explorer 9 which boasted Hardware Acceleration and better support for HTML5 and CSS3. Microsoft have released a Preview that will let you see the new features developed so far, and it seems they are making good progress being only a couple weeks into development of Internet Explorer 10. You [...]

How to Force Internet Explorer 7,8,9 into Broswer Compatibility Mode for visitors, Linux

David Cowling | April 6, 2011 | Comments (0)

Here is a tech tip to help anyone having Browser Compatibility issues in Internet Explorer 7, 8, or 9. This will be useful for anyone on a Linux webhost, including those with a WordPress installation (I don’t believe this technique below will work in a Microsoft hosted environment). Internet Explorer still has a large Internet [...]

Microsoft releases Internet Explorer 9

David Cowling | March 15, 2011 | Comments (1)

Microsoft has now released the much anticipated Internet Explorer 9 (IE9). The browser has been in beta for sometime and now available in full release for download. To get Internet Explorer 9 go to: http://windows.microsoft.com/ie9 You will need one of the following operating systems to be able to install and run IE9; – Windows 7 [...]

Microsoft urging users to ditch IE6!

David Cowling | March 7, 2011 | Comments (1)

For years many of us have been complaining about Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) – security issues, poor page optimisation and loading, and generally being outdated with far newer features. However a sizable portion of the internets users are still using this browser that is now 10 years old – about 12% of the internet population [...]

Bing launches new Bing Toolbar

David Cowling | February 18, 2011 | Comments (0)

Microsoft’s Bing has launched a new Toolbar with several integration points to make your daily internet browsing easier. The Bing toolbar comes with tools such as news (localised), Bing maps, weather, mail integration (hotmail, yahoo, or gmail), Facebook integration, Video search, a Bing text translator, and of course a Bing search box. This is extremely [...]

IE9 and IT pros / Developers

David Cowling | September 30, 2010 | Comments (0)

If you have been following the progress of Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft have released a video on how IT professionals and Developers should consider using IE9 for the vast variety of upgraded features. There is alot of hype for IE9 as Microsoft have really put in a lot of effort to developing this product. Have [...]

Internet Explorer 9 released September 15

David Cowling | August 13, 2010 | Comments (0)

Internet Explorer 9 is being released on September 15. One of the most touted improvements is the browser’s hardware acceleration capability, using DirectX 10 to make better use of hardware.

Internet Explorer gaining Market Share

David Cowling | August 2, 2010 | Comments (0)

A latest report by Netshare shows the latest stats in regards to Browser market shares. Internet Explorer has long been in decline, however they are starting to gain back ground – most probably due to the popularity of Windows 7. For a long time Windows Vista failed to impress and it seems during this period [...]

Bing added to Opera Browser

David Cowling | June 17, 2010 | Comments (0)

Microsoft has completed a deal with rival internet browser Opera, making Bing one of the default search engines in the browser search field. If you want to download the latest version of Opera 10.60 Beta goto: http://www.opera.com/browser/next/ Google will still remain as the Default search, but getting Bing infront of Opera users is a good [...]