It's been almost a year and a half since Microsoft released a
test build of Internet Explorer (IE) 10 for Windows 7. Since that time,
Microsoft officials have refused to comment as to why there were no
further builds or when a final version of IE10 for Windows 7 would be
available.
On October 17, there was finally a ray of hope for those IE10
loyalists wanting Microsoft's latest browser on Windows 7. In an IEBlog
post, Microsoft officials said a new preview of IE10 for Windows 7 would be out some time in November 2012.
Microsoft delivered its most recent preview of IE10 for Windows 7 in June 2011.
There's no updated word as to when the final IE10 for Windows 7 will
be out. But at least there's finally official confirmation the product
is still alive.
A leaked Microsoft roadmap from late last year
led some of us to believe Microsoft was planning to deliver IE10 for
Windows 7 at the same time as IE10 for Windows 8 was released to
manufacturing. But that turned out not to be the case.
IE10 for Windows 8 will be generally available on October 26, as it is built into Windows 8.
Update: This just in from my ZDNet colleague Ed
Bott: The coming November preview is a full browser with the UI. This
isn't just another developer preview, according to Microsoft officials.
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