Microsoft provided a brief overview on
Tuesday of its Internet Explorer 10 web browser that will be a part of
Windows 8. The details shared confirm that there will be two versions of
it; a normal Windows application not unlike existing versions of IE,
and a second “Metro-style” touch-friendly browser that fits in perfectly
with the whole Metro world.
What’s particularly interesting to note about metro browserthis is that not support plugins
whatsoever. We heard whispers of Microsoft’s intent to do away with IE
plugins in Metro as far back as October last year and now Microsoft’s
lead program manager for the Internet Explorer team, John Hrvatin
confirms it.
“The desktop browsing experience and most plug-ins were not
designed for smaller screens, battery constraints, and no mouse.
Providing an easy way to the Windows desktop is the last resort when no
comparable plug-in free fallback content exists. Any site that uses
plug-ins needs to understand what their customers experience when
browsing plug-in free. Lots of Web browsing today happens on devices
that simply don’t support plug-ins. Even browsers that do support
plug-ins offer many ways to run plug-in free”.
Should a site require any add-ons, an alert will pop up like the one
shown in the image above which will provide a means to re-launch the
site in the desktop version of the browser; although Microsoft wants to
stress the point to web developers that they should be actively working
on ways to eliminate plug-in requirements from their sites altogether.Thankfully the company did eventually take to open standards including HTML5 and CSS3 while getting rid of Silverlight, but this gives another visible indication that Adobe’s Flash days are certainly numbered
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