2010 Search

10 reconstructed results for internet explorer in the 2010 exhibit.

1. Internet Explorer 8 - The default browser of Windows 7 and roughly a third of the web

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/internet-explorer-8

   Internet Explorer 8, bundled with Windows 7, was the single most-used browser version of 2010. It had tabs, a separate search box beside the address bar, Accelerators,...

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2. Internet Explorer 9 Beta - Hardware acceleration and HTML5, in a minimal new frame

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/internet-explorer-9-beta

   Released on 15 September 2010, the IE9 beta was Microsoft's answer to Chrome: a stripped-back interface with tabs beside the address bar, GPU-accelerated rendering, and...

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3. Internet Explorer 6 - Nine years old, still used by millions, hated by developers

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/internet-explorer-6

   IE6, released in 2001, still had a meaningful share of browser use in 2010 (around a tenth worldwide, concentrated in China and corporate offices). Google dropped...

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4. Windows XP - Nine years old and still the most-used OS on Earth

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/windows-xp

   Windows XP, released in 2001, was still the most common desktop operating system in 2010, running about half of the world's desktop web traffic. Its green Start button...

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5. Windows 7 - The Windows people actually liked, one year old

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/windows-7

   Windows 7 shipped in October 2009 and by the end of 2010 ran roughly a quarter of the world's desktop web traffic, while Windows XP still ran about half. Its Aero glass...

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6. Browser toolbars - Yahoo, Google, Ask, AVG, MyWebSearch... stacked five deep

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/browser-toolbars

   Toolbars were the plague of the 2010 browser: bundled with Java updates, antivirus software and free downloads, they stacked below the address bar until the page was a...

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7. jQuery 1.4 - Write less, do more: the JavaScript library on most of the web

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/jquery

   jQuery 1.4, released in January 2010, was the JavaScript library almost every site used to animate menus, load content with Ajax and paper over browser differences,...

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8. Adobe Flash Player 10.1 - The plugin that ran YouTube, FarmVille and every banner ad

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/flash-player-10-1

   Flash Player 10.1, released in June 2010, ran the YouTube player, Hulu, Pandora, FarmVille, every browser game and most animated adverts; Adobe said it was installed on...

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9. Opera Mini - The browser that made feature-phone internet bearable

   theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/opera-mini

   Opera Mini compressed pages on Opera's servers before sending them to the phone, which made it the most-used mobile browser in the world in 2010, especially on feature...

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10. µTorrent - The tiny BitTorrent client on every second PC

    theinternetfrom2010.com/2010/entry/utorrent

    µTorrent was the lightweight BitTorrent client most people used in 2010 to download Linux ISOs, and everything else. Its green-and-white window of progress bars, seeds...

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