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Microsoft has decided to drop plug-in support, including Adobe's Flash, from the default version of Internet Explorer 10 that will come with Windows 8. Microsoft has decided to fully embrace HTML5, which will prevent slow downs or the battery life from draining faster that Flash and other plug-ins have caused on current computers.
To be able to get flash support, the user will have to use the desktop version of Internet Explorer 10. The default browser in the Windows 8 new user-interface will be plug-in free.
Dean Hachamovitch, the Internet Explorer VP, said, "For the web to move forward and for consumers to get the most out of touch-first browsing, the Metro style browser in Windows 8 is as HTML5-only as possible, and plug-in free. Running Metro style IE plug-in free improves battery life as well as security, reliability, and privacy for consumers. Plug-ins were important early on in the web’s history. But the web has come a long way since then with HTML5."
This move will have a huge impact on social developers, where many use flash to create their games for Facebook and other sites. Games built around Unity 3D and other languages and engines, will also be affected by Microsoft's decision to drop plug-in support. This shift is expected to cause a surge towards HTML5.
Hachamovitch says that "the reality today is that sites are already rapidly engineering for a plug-in free experience. Google, for example, recently launched their HTML5 YouTube site for phones. On Windows 8, consumer sites and 'line of business' applications that require legacy ActiveX controls will continue to run in the desktop browser, and people can tap 'use desktop view' in Metro style IE for these sites."
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this looks to be the end of IE.
To be able to get flash support, the user will have to use the desktop version of Internet Explorer 10. The default browser in the Windows 8 new user-interface will be plug-in free.
Dean Hachamovitch, the Internet Explorer VP, said, "For the web to move forward and for consumers to get the most out of touch-first browsing, the Metro style browser in Windows 8 is as HTML5-only as possible, and plug-in free. Running Metro style IE plug-in free improves battery life as well as security, reliability, and privacy for consumers. Plug-ins were important early on in the web’s history. But the web has come a long way since then with HTML5."
This move will have a huge impact on social developers, where many use flash to create their games for Facebook and other sites. Games built around Unity 3D and other languages and engines, will also be affected by Microsoft's decision to drop plug-in support. This shift is expected to cause a surge towards HTML5.
Hachamovitch says that "the reality today is that sites are already rapidly engineering for a plug-in free experience. Google, for example, recently launched their HTML5 YouTube site for phones. On Windows 8, consumer sites and 'line of business' applications that require legacy ActiveX controls will continue to run in the desktop browser, and people can tap 'use desktop view' in Metro style IE for these sites."
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this looks to be the end of IE.
