Microsoft is rolling out their next web browser, Internet Explorer 9. In the beta stage, this worked with all versions of MC. But when they switched to RC (Release Candidate) it caused all recent versions of MC to crash. [EDIT -- the release version of IE9 works and is safe to install.]
Microsoft has acknowledged the problem and
may did fix it. We could not take the chance that they would not, so Matt has managed to get the Chromium browser working as MC's internal browser in MC16. It was an admirable piece of work.
In last night's build (16.0.47) you can switch between IE and Chromium under Options / Tree and View. It's at the top of the
MC16 Beta board.
This does not require installing the Chrome browser. The Chromium engine is included with MC16.
Unfortunately, this is a big change and we will not roll it back to MC15. So your choices are:
1. Don't install IE9. IE8 will work fine.
2. If you want to use IE9, you will need to
upgrade to MC16. It's currently $19.98 through March 14.
We recognize that this is not a perfect solution. Please hurl any rocks in Microsoft's direction. In
this thread you can find a link to their feedback site and a link to uninstall instructions for IE9.