XP Doesn't Support IE9

XP Doesn't Support IE9

Rivals of IT company Microsoft have criticized the software giant because of the fact that its IT product, Windows XP, doesn't support the newest version of its IT service, Internet Explorer 9. The problem is the fact that Internet Explorer 9 offers better advantages than other versions of the browser, mainly because it offers support for HTML 5. The reason why the company does this is because it thinks that IE 9 needs "a modern operating system".

Speaking at the Web 2.0 Expo, Microsoft's web technical evangelist Giorgio Sardo, said that "IE9 will not be supported by Windows XP. We are building all of HTML5 with hardware acceleration. We need a modern OS to do this. However, there are different points of view regarding this topic. Google Chrome developer Alex Russell said that "What you’re describing is a situation where people are getting left behind. The way is to not leave users behind. The question is, do we have a plan so that we can give developers a choice to use HTML5 across the board?" Also, Doug Crockford, a senior JavaScript architect at Yahoo, said that "I recommend all users of XP migrate to another browser that's not IE."