Comments on: Internet Explorer banned from European version of Windows 7 http://blog.richard.parker.name/2009/06/12/internet-explorer-banned-from-european-version-of-windows-7/ Physical computing, the web, usability and tech miscellany Mon, 23 Aug 2010 15:41:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Nitish Kumar http://blog.richard.parker.name/2009/06/12/internet-explorer-banned-from-european-version-of-windows-7/#comment-243 Nitish Kumar Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:26:32 +0000 http://brainthings.wordpress.com/?p=286#comment-243 This was related to the case won by Europeans that one should not be forced to choose any particular explorer. One should have choice than having the default one. So now Windows will be having a choice page (ballot screen) first for European versions, which will show all leading explorer to choose from ... and then the consumer will be needed to download and then go. By default, Internet Explorer will be disabled and could be chosen to get installed from windows component, I guess. Its a news from mid of December and such Windows versions are expected to arrive by March 2010. This was related to the case won by Europeans that one should not be forced to choose any particular explorer. One should have choice than having the default one.

So now Windows will be having a choice page (ballot screen) first for European versions, which will show all leading explorer to choose from … and then the consumer will be needed to download and then go.

By default, Internet Explorer will be disabled and could be chosen to get installed from windows component, I guess.

Its a news from mid of December and such Windows versions are expected to arrive by March 2010.

]]> By: DataCabbitKSW http://blog.richard.parker.name/2009/06/12/internet-explorer-banned-from-european-version-of-windows-7/#comment-119 DataCabbitKSW Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:14:11 +0000 http://brainthings.wordpress.com/?p=286#comment-119 The label as being "banned" is a bit misleading. It just has been removed from the Windows 7 E (European) editions. I have been seeing posts to the fact that discs of IE8 might be given out to retail buyers of Windows 7 in the EU. For system builders, it is a no brainer to just install a browser or two before shipping out the machines. Even on the international releases and in the Windows 7 RC (build 7100) you can choose not to install IE8 at all if you choose to customize your installation, and it will never grace your system if you so choose. I do agree with you in that most people don't care which browser they are using as long as it works. The ones who do care, can easily obtain another browser and use it. Safari, Opera, Chrome, FireFox, even Lynx are easy to get and install on most systems. This may be another case of what happened with Windows Vista N (which shipped without any of the Windows Media Player or MediaCenter extensions), users will largely not buy the crippled version, or they won't care about the difference. The label as being “banned” is a bit misleading. It just has been removed from the Windows 7 E (European) editions. I have been seeing posts to the fact that discs of IE8 might be given out to retail buyers of Windows 7 in the EU. For system builders, it is a no brainer to just install a browser or two before shipping out the machines. Even on the international releases and in the Windows 7 RC (build 7100) you can choose not to install IE8 at all if you choose to customize your installation, and it will never grace your system if you so choose.
I do agree with you in that most people don’t care which browser they are using as long as it works. The ones who do care, can easily obtain another browser and use it. Safari, Opera, Chrome, FireFox, even Lynx are easy to get and install on most systems. This may be another case of what happened with Windows Vista N (which shipped without any of the Windows Media Player or MediaCenter extensions), users will largely not buy the crippled version, or they won’t care about the difference.

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