Microsoft released the first preview of Internet Explorer 10 this week, but immediately drew some criticism that it won't be backwards compatible with Windows Vista.
Microsoft confirmed this week that the next major version of its browser will not work with Windows Vista, but at least one analyst wonders if that's a problem.
Even though Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) just shipped IE9 a month ago, it continues to try to pick up the pace of browser development in order to try to regain some of the market initiative that it has lost in recent years -- largely by not moving fast enough to keep IE current with competitors offerings.
In fact, the company released the first platform preview for Internet Explorer 10 (IE10) earlier in the week at its annual MIX Web developers and designers conference in Las Vegas.
However, the IE10 platform preview requires Windows 7 and will not support Vista, a discovery that has led to a controversy similar to complaints that IE9 will not run on Windows XP, although it does run on Vista.
"With IE9, we made the decision to help unlock the best web experience possible, which means taking advantage of everything around the browser -- including Windows 7 and modern PC hardware," a Microsoft spokesperson said in an email to InternetNews.com.
"Windows Vista customers have a great browsing experience with IE9, but in building IE10 we are focused on continuing to drive the kind of innovation that only happens when you take advantage of the ongoing improvements in modern operating systems and modern hardware," the spokesperson added.
It doesn't take Bing translation to read the meaning -- Microsoft is not going to be looking back when it comes to new versions of IE.
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