14 DAY TRIAL // Windows 10 Technical Preview comes with the same Internet Explorer 11 version that's available right now in Windows 8.1, but it does sport a few under-the-hood improvements supposed to give us a glimpse into the feature lineup of the next big release.
And still, while the app is obviously supposed to work like a charm for everyone, it appears that Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10 Technical Preview is really slow, with many users complaining on the feedback platforms released by Microsoft that major improvements are needed for smoother performance.
The Feedback app in Windows 10 TP build 9860 also includes complaints aimed at the existing Internet Explorer version, with some users claiming that the browser is “super slow” all the time.
“Can't say why. Page loading super slow. Even already visited pages opened in new tab,” the submission reads, while another users adds that Internet Explorer has a nice UI, but it's very slow.
Plethora of problems on Windows 10
And this isn't the only problem experienced by Internet Explorer users on Windows 10. Judging by the amount of complaints that are currently listed in the Feedback app, it's easy to notice that the browser also crashes all of a sudden at random times, does not show all letters after update, does not display webpages correctly, and performance with JavaScript is really slow.
Users, however, expect Microsoft to significantly improve the application before the final version of Windows 10 comes out, and one tester even asks the company to “beat Google Chrome with low memory usage, faster page loading times, and better app.”
Microsoft is actually going to try this, according to sources close to the matter, and the next version of Internet Explorer is very likely to implement lots of changes in terms of both looks and functionality.
Internet Explorer 12 already in the works
A new version of Internet Explorer is already under development at Microsoft right now, and some sources have revealed that the app is internally codenamed Spartan.
While this name is very unlikely to be used for the final product, we're hearing that Internet Explorer could come with a completely new interface, with the tab bar at the top of the interface, thus adopting an interface that's very similar to the one of Google Chrome.
Extensions and add-on support are also expected to be available in Internet Explorer 12 in order to give users additional functionality for the app.
Internet Explorer 12 should launch with Windows 10 in spring 2015, but Microsoft is yet to publicly acknowledge development of the new browser version.