Five measures to save the fate of IE browser

According to foreign media reports, Computerworld recently published a blog post titled Preston Gralla, saying that Microsoft wants to stop the IE browser market share A downward trend, a number of measures must be taken. According to the latest data released by market research firm NetApplications, as of the end of January this year, the IE browser market share has fallen to 62.2%, once again hitting a record low. To make matters worse, if IE continues to decline now, then by April 2011, IE market share will fall below 50%. At the same time, Google's Chrome browser market share has climbed to 5.2%, occupying the third position. Grala pointed out in the blog that if Microsoft takes the following five measures, it can save the fate of IE browser.

1. Improve IE running speed

Compared with Firefox, Chrome and Opera browsers, IE is too slow. According to Graa's own SunSpider JavaScript test, Internet Explorer's web browsing speed is much slower than the above three browsers, and the fastest tested browser is Google Chrome, which explains why Chrome is in the past. Time market share climbed the fastest. Therefore, Microsoft must improve the speed of Internet Explorer.
SunSpider JavaScript test results show that IE web browsing is the slowest

2, support plug-ins or extensions

Many of Firefox's excellent features are not built into the browser, but by Independent developers are available as free plugins. Google's Chrome browser also offers a number of extensions that enhance browser performance. However, IE does not support plugins or extensions, it only has a small set of developers writing programs for it. Therefore, Microsoft should support plug-ins or extensions and build a platform that enables developers to write programs for IE. After all, IE is still the largest market share browser, and it should have the most plug-in support, not the least.

3, IE browser and Windows Live Sync and Live Mesh binding

Windows Live Sync and Live Mesh are Microsoft's best free products, these products can make users in multiple PCs Synchronize files and folders with your Mac and remotely read and control your PC via the Internet. Microsoft should bundle IE with these two free products, and even integrate these features into Internet Explorer. No browser can provide such a service, so it can be a "killer feature" for IE.

4, further improve the IE address bar

Microsoft has taken some improvements in the IE browser address bar, such as the "domain name highlighting" feature in IE8, so that users are accessing When a page with a long URL is displayed, the top-level domain of the page can be clearly seen. In addition, the IE browser address bar can also be used as a search box. These features have laid a solid foundation for improving the IT address bar, and Microsoft can further innovate and enhance more address bar functions.

5, launch a cooler user interface

IE is a very useful browser, but to prevent the decline in market share, this is not enough. Microsoft should overthrow the current IE user interface design and launch a cooler interface. Improvements in the Windows 7 user interface demonstrate that Microsoft has the ability to innovate in design. In addition, Microsoft can learn from competitors and improve the design of IE interface.