Microsoft Bringing Full Internet Explorer Browser to 360

[GoldenGlove]

http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/10/3012013/internet-explorer-browser-xbox-360-kinect

Microsoft is currently testing a modified version of Internet Explorer 9 on its Xbox 360 console, according to our sources. The Xbox 360 currently includes Bing voice search, but it's limited to media results. Microsoft's new Internet Explorer browser for Xbox will expand on this functionality to open up a full browser for the console. We are told that the browser will let Xbox users surf all parts of the web straight from their living rooms.

Microsoft has also integrated Kinect gestures and voice control heavily into the experience, allowing Xbox owners to quickly search using the existing Bing functionality and pull up relevant web pages. Kinect support is not mandatory according to our sources, but the browser is said to be tuned for Kinect usage. There's no word on a launch date for Internet Explorer on Xbox, but with E3 on the horizon we'd expect to hear the official details from Microsoft in a matter of weeks.

If this is a true fully functional browser, this is a win.

 

[Jutt]

 

[Tom]

Welcome to what PS3 heads had since 2006

 

[Hiphoplives4eva]

Welcome to what PS3 heads had since 2006

GTFOH

That PS3 Browser is fukking trash!

 

[Tom]

internet explorer is trash b, who uses that shyt in 2012? shyts netscape status b

 

[FocusedDaily]

internet explorer is trash b, who uses that shyt in 2012? shyts netscape status b

Most people actually, in fact, more than every other browser combined.
http://arstechnica.com/business/201...re-surges-as-version-9-wins-hearts-and-minds/

IE9 is pretty good, I've actually gone back to using it in some cases.
Firefox is still my primary.

 

[MightyHealthy]

IE is ass, and like was said, PS3 has had a browser the whole time...a little late in the console cycle to do this, eh?

 

[Liquid]

The PS3 Browser is so bad that I don't think people should be bringing that up. IE will shyt all over it

 

[GoldenGlove]

Brehs...

Don't downplay the potential for this. Yes PS3 has a browser, but it's not a fully functioning browser like what MS is planning on doing here. A lot sites don't work on PS3. I would imagine that IE9 on the Xbox will be much better and offer much more then the PS3's browser.

This is a GOOD thing.

 

[iMajor]

 

[GoldenGlove]

This gif is great

 

[FocusedDaily]

The PS3 Browser is so bad that I don't think people should be bringing that up. IE will shyt all over it

Other than youtube, the PS3 browser was unuseable for me.

If they make the IE one functional and render pages in a more readable way than the PS3 one does it'd be

 

[GoldenGlove]

Other than youtube, the PS3 browser was unuseable for me.

If they make the IE one functional and render pages in a more readable way than the PS3 one does it'd be

Exactly.

Outside of the porn streaming sites, the PS3 browser doesn't function that well. I use it for firstrow from time to time, and it's okay, but it pauses and stops up a lot. When I pull up the same site on my laptop it's just better.

If IE on Xbox just functions like a regular browser

 

[Return of the Jedi]

You know Court/Cockmeat is going to treat this like the second coming of Christ Too late in the cycle to care

 

[Super Cheech]

lmao

dope gif