Internet Explorer 11 spotted as part of Windows Blue

Information on Windows Blue, the next major version of Windows, has started to leak out of Redmond recently. The first round of screenshots revealed a major NT kernel change, but Win8china has now published a screenshot from a recent Windows Blue milestone build that shows Internet Explorer 11 is being prepared for the update. Microsoft previously built Internet Explorer 10 into Windows 8, and it looks like the company is preparing to do the same with IE11 in Windows Blue.

Read more at source:

Internet Explorer 11 spotted as part of Windows Blue | The Verge

 

[Coke Robot]

OK...so I'm confused, with all these so called leaks about "Blue". From everything I've read, "Blue" is supposed to be the SP1 to windows 8. I've seen a few articles saying that that "Blue" is as SP1 and the next version of windows? How can this be the next version of Windows when 8 was just released to the public not to long ago? The article from Znet says that if "Blue" is on schedule that it will be out in late October of this year. If that is the case, then "Blue" is in fact the service pack. Hence I don't put to much stock in what all these articles have to say.

According to this Windows Blue rumors hint at major Windows update this year | PCWorld the kernel version is 6.3. Windows 7 is 6.1 and Windows 8 is 6.2. If that is true it will be more than a service pack, it will be the equivalent to Windows 9. Sounds more like the next version of Windows to me.

Definitely: 6.3 is what I would call Windows 9.

A SP1 would be 6.2.9201 following what we saw until now.

After Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8, the old timey Microsoft has been chucked out the windows...

 

[Coke Robot]

I bet the Desktop part of IE 11 will remain mostly the same, but faster and secure as usual. The immersive counterpart I bet will see the most improvements, such as touch interaction and furthering the Internet Options panel in the Settings Charm. Also, there freaking better be improved tabbed browsing! Ten tabs at one time isn't close to being enough, even Windows Phone allows for six. I don't see why that's like that.