Microsoft’s Metro-style IE 10 has seen the long run and it’s plug-in free

Microsoft seems intent to push things forward , judging by its recent Build 2011 conference and the Windows 8 goods on display. Now, in an official blog post from the Redmond-based company, comes word that Internet Explorer 10 could be doing double duty, accommodating the web’s old architecture and its HTML 5 future. Users who prefer IE 10′s Metro-style app would be treated to a plug-in free experience, as MS has its eye at the evolving underpinnings of our cyber web. To not worry, though, the desktop app of the company’s refreshed browser will still function because it always has, providing compatibility for Flash, and a bunch of different extensions. The corporate made the choice after surveying 97,000 web pages worldwide, deducing that a element of the 62% sampled defaulted to HTML 5 within the absence of plug-in support. Due partly to this intentional omission, the Ballmer-led co. now claims the recent, touch-optimized version of IE 10 will run faster, sustain battery life and offer improved security and privacy. Not convinced? Well, you can actually test that out for yourselves when those Windows 8 slates hit the market.

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This post is tagged: Architecture, compatibility, free experience, improved security, internet explorer 10, internet sites, underpinnings