What do you think about microsofts latest update that will give users a choice between different browsers?

I would hope so. Coding for IE is a pain in the ass. I don’t even bother testing for IE on personal stuff now. And in a few weeks Youtube will stop working on IE 6. Good riddance.

But I doubt it will make more then a few percentage points difference.

I think this is a bit stupid, people always had a choice, why should Microsoft be forced into pointing out that choice. You wouldn’t expect to go into a McDonalds and order a quarterpounder and the guy behind the till say “Now remember, you can also go down the road to Burger King and get a whopper”

It is not really a choice if you do not know it exists or how to do it.

@ragingloli well then maybe the other browser providers should invest in better advertising campaigns

I think it was smart on Microsofts part being able to recognize the red herring of their operating system and the millions of computers that run anything but IE. I love my firefox.

After several Governments make public announcements warning their populace to avoid the MS browser because of its never-ending stream of security flaws, I guess that they had little choice. I won’t touch it.

With the less easy targets due to security flaws, wouldn’t that mean the malicious people would focus on coding to get around Firefox’s security and the like now though?

@Syger With the less easy targets due to security flaws, wouldn’t that mean the malicious people would focus on coding to get around Firefox’s security and the like now though?

They are already focused on Firefox, but it is better designed and has less in the way of exploitable flaws.

“Does this mark the end of IE’s dominance?”

Domoinance..LOL…I haven’t used IE in years. Firefox is the only browser worth a dang.

@davidbetterman The fact that you don’t use it has nothing to do with the fact that it’s the dominant browser.
See this for an idea.

@RareDenver The difference in your point is that.. Every Windows system comes with Internet Explorer. People seem to assume it’s the only browser out there.
I pass by at least 6 fast food places every day on my way to class, there’s no way that I can’t know there is more than just McDonalds.

Au contraire, @Sarcasm…the fact that I use it has everything to do with it.

A good move in the right direction.

A move of desperation.

@Sarcasm and according to the news article that @ragingloli linked us to Microsofts IE only has 62% usage in Europe anyway so I would say that a large enough proportion of people here have already made their choice, and believe it or not some of them know there are other browsers out there and still choose to stay with IE (crazy fools) I just can’t see why a company should be forced to basically advertise another companies products.

Its far from the end of Internet Explorer. You will always have the real life “squidbillies” of the world on their WalMart Gateway computer typing away comments on their AOL connection that will keep it all alive.

Also, Microsoft wont let it die.Its like Safari, it JUST WONT GO AWAY.

So true @Imagineer

Extra points for mentioning the Squibillies.

IE has lost to Firefox. Other PC users have drifted away to Linux. Why should Microsoft beat a deasd horse?

The struggle has moved to other arenas. The browser wars are now unprofitable. Perfecting search engines with a social and profiling twist, developing and using data mining techniques, and finding ways to control intellectual property rights as the internet evolves are more important issues.

Another shift for Microsoft [and probably others]—getting away from marketing its products as physical products: significantly bringing down the costs for its products by licensing vendors to offer no frills downloads and an activation key for about 1/5 the cost of the traditional software package bought in a store, thus vastly decreasing the incentive to pirate the software.

I WISH ADOBE WOULD TAKE A PAGE FROM MICROSOFT’S BOOK HERE!