According to foreign media reports, Microsoft Thursday announced that next week will be part of the European Union for Windows users to launch the browser options window, with effect from March 1 for the European Union all Windows users to introduce this option.
The receipt of the Norwegian browser maker Opera's complaint, the European Commission accused Microsoft of using its dominance of operating system market to provide protection for IE interfere with the browser market. But Microsoft last year, with the European Commission reached a settlement on the matter. According to the settlement agreement, Microsoft will allow Windows users to choose the browser, and through Windows Update to provide users with this feature.
In order to fulfill this commitment, Microsoft Windows users for the European Union to provide a special selection window, allowing users to choose and install a market share of the top five browsers. This five browsers are IE, Firefox, Chrome, Opera and Safari.
According to the settlement agreement reached last year, Microsoft no later than March 17 to provide users with this option before, and in mid-May to complete the relevant update process.
Microsoft deputy general counsel, said Dave Heiner, Microsoft weeks in advance to fulfill this commitment. He said: "We plan to March 1 for the whole week where users in Europe, launched this update." Hainer added, Belgium, France and the United Kingdom next week, the user can manually through the Windows Update to download this update .
XP users will receive the "High Priority" non-security updates, Vista, and Windows 7 users will receive the "important" updates. As long as users will be Windows Update set to automatically update, this feature will be automatically downloaded and installed PC. Users can choose other settings according to their own will reject the update.
Microsoft initially did not intend to introduce such a selection window, but to introduce the user does not contain the browser's Windows 7. However, as the computer partners and corporate customers have expressed opposition to Microsoft in August 2009 finally abandoned the idea.
According to Internet traffic monitoring bodies StatCounter data, IE browser, currently in Europe, a market share of 45.5%, Firefox, Chrome, Opera's share was 39.2%, respectively, 6.3% and 4.3%.
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