微软将向IE使用者提供浏览器选择权

时间：2010-02-20 06:44:51

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Millions of European Internet Explorer (IE) users will have the option to choose an alternative browser¹ from 1 March, Microsoft has announced.

微软宣布，自3月1日起，欧洲数百万IE用户将有选择另一款浏览器的机会。

Microsoft agreed to give Windows users a choice of internet browser

It follows a legal agreement between Microsoft and Europe's Competition Commission in December 2009.

Microsoft committed to letting Windows PC users across Europe install the web browser of their choice, rather than having Microsoft IE as a default.

Figures suggest that over half the world's internet users have IE.

Testing for the update is already underway in the UK, Belgium and France.

The software update choice will arrive automatically for Windows XP, Windows Vista² and Windows 7 customers, according to a blog post by Dave Heiner, Microsoft's vice³ president and deputy general counsel（总顾问） .

The blog also contains screen grabs（抓帧，截屏） of the message as it will appear.

"Users who get the choice screen will be free to choose any browser or stick with the browser they have, as they prefer," wrote Mr Heiner.

Google Chrome, Firefox, Safari⁴ and Opera are the alternative browsers⁵ that people will be offered.

"Millions of people who have never really thought about which browser to use will now be forced to make a choice," said BBC technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones on his blog.

"That presents Microsoft's rivals with a unique marketing⁶ opportunity."

Mozilla Foundation chair Mitchell Baker⁷ described the news as "an important milestone⁸ towards helping⁹ people take control of their online lives."

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1 browser
n.浏览者
参考例句：
View edits in a web browser.在浏览器中看编辑的效果。 I think my browser has a list of shareware links.我想在浏览器中会有一系列的共享软件链接。

2 vista
n.远景，深景，展望，回想
参考例句：
From my bedroom window I looked out on a crowded vista of hills and rooftops.我从卧室窗口望去，远处尽是连绵的山峦和屋顶。 These uprisings come from desperation and a vista of a future without hope.发生这些暴动是因为人们被逼上了绝路，未来看不到一点儿希望。

3 vice
n.坏事；恶习；[pl.]台钳，老虎钳；adj.副的
参考例句：
He guarded himself against vice.他避免染上坏习惯。 They are sunk in the depth of vice.他们堕入了罪恶的深渊。

4 safari
n.远征旅行(探险、考察)；探险队，狩猎队
参考例句：
When we go on safari we like to cook on an open fire.我们远行狩猎时，喜欢露天生火做饭。 They went on safari searching for the rare black rhinoceros.他们进行探险旅行，搜寻那稀有的黑犀牛。

5 browsers
浏览器
参考例句：
Three-layer architecture is a model made up of browser, web server and background database server. 这种体系结构是由Browser、Web Server、Database Server组成的浏览器／Web服务器／后台数据库服务器三层模型。来自互联网 Another excellent approach is to abandon the browser entirely and, instead, create a non-browser-based, Internet-enabled application. 另一个非常好的方法是干脆放弃浏览器，取而代之，创建一个不基于浏览器，但却是基于互联网的应用。来自About Face 3交互设计精髓

6 marketing
n.行销，在市场的买卖，买东西
参考例句：
They are developing marketing network.他们正在发展销售网络。 He often goes marketing.他经常去市场做生意。

7 baker
n.面包师
参考例句：
The baker bakes his bread in the bakery.面包师在面包房内烤面包。 The baker frosted the cake with a mixture of sugar and whites of eggs.面包师在蛋糕上撒了一层白糖和蛋清的混合料。

8 milestone
n.里程碑；划时代的事件
参考例句：
The film proved to be a milestone in the history of cinema.事实证明这部影片是电影史上的一个里程碑。 I think this is a very important milestone in the relations between our two countries.我认为这是我们两国关系中一个十分重要的里程碑。

9 helping
n.食物的一份&adj.帮助人的，辅助的
参考例句：
The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。 By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。