New Tricks of a Browser Look Familiar - New York Times
New Tricks of a Browser Look Familiar - New York Times:
I guess that since Microsoft is about to release a new browser that there is a bunch of attention now to the topic of browsers. The only reason that I ever open up Internet Explorer is to see how a new web page I've made renders in it.
It is a curious thing that this old, outdated, easy-to-hack browser is still the option of choice for 85% of internet users. Or is it? As this article in the New York Times asks:
"In what other industry would 85 percent of consumers choose such a product — when better ones, also free, were also available?"
The answer is given in the article's following paragraph:"Trick question. Those consumers aren't actually choosing Internet Explorer; in fact, they're not choosing. They just use what came on their Windows computers. Thanks to this built-in following, Microsoft hasn't felt much need to keep Internet Explorer current. Version 6 has been creaking along for five years — an eternity in Internet time."
So the new version of IE is going to feature the features that the rest of us have been enjoying for the last several years in Firefox, Opera, and Safari.
There is a version of the new Microsoft browser available by clicking here.
The article finished by saying: "If you want the best browser on the market, several million fans will recommend that you look at programs like Firefox or Opera."
I guess that since Microsoft is about to release a new browser that there is a bunch of attention now to the topic of browsers. The only reason that I ever open up Internet Explorer is to see how a new web page I've made renders in it.
It is a curious thing that this old, outdated, easy-to-hack browser is still the option of choice for 85% of internet users. Or is it? As this article in the New York Times asks:
"In what other industry would 85 percent of consumers choose such a product — when better ones, also free, were also available?"
The answer is given in the article's following paragraph:"Trick question. Those consumers aren't actually choosing Internet Explorer; in fact, they're not choosing. They just use what came on their Windows computers. Thanks to this built-in following, Microsoft hasn't felt much need to keep Internet Explorer current. Version 6 has been creaking along for five years — an eternity in Internet time."
So the new version of IE is going to feature the features that the rest of us have been enjoying for the last several years in Firefox, Opera, and Safari.
There is a version of the new Microsoft browser available by clicking here.
The article finished by saying: "If you want the best browser on the market, several million fans will recommend that you look at programs like Firefox or Opera."
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