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  Microsoft man: Internet Explorer had to go because it's garbage • The Register RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-02-27 20:20 +0000
    Re: Microsoft man: Internet Explorer had to go because it's garbage ? The Register Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-02-27 23:24 +0000
    Re: Microsoft man: Internet Explorer had to go because it's garbage • The Register Sylvia Else <sylvia@not.at.this.address> - 2015-02-28 12:00 +1100
    Re: Microsoft man: Internet Explorer had to go because it's garbage • The Register RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> - 2015-03-18 16:01 +0000
      Re: Microsoft man: Internet Explorer had to go because it's garbage ? The Register Rich <rich@example.invalid> - 2015-03-19 01:36 +0000

#6846 — Microsoft man: Internet Explorer had to go because it's garbage • The Register

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02/26/microsoft_spartan_browser_
rationale/


Love the subtitle: "even Microsoft is fed up with IE rendering
 quirks. "  I think Nadella recognizes the brand name is
 tarnished.  

 In fact I wouldn't put it past them to take the exact same code
 base,  slap a new icon and name on it,  change a bit of the
 chrome,  and announce it to the world as a new browser. When
 techies point out that it has the same rendering quirks they will
 claim it was intentional and for compatibility reasons.
 

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#6849 — Re: Microsoft man: Internet Explorer had to go because it's garbage ? The Register

RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02/26/microsoft_spartan_browser_
> rationale/


> Love the subtitle: "even Microsoft is fed up with IE rendering
>  quirks. "  I think Nadella recognizes the brand name is
>  tarnished.  

>  In fact I wouldn't put it past them to take the exact same code
>  base, slap a new icon and name on it, change a bit of the chrome,
>  and announce it to the world as a new browser.

You mean like they did with Win7?

Sadly, for too many of the lemmings, slapping a new icon/look/name on
it is sufficient to convince them it is truly different.

>  When techies point out that it has the same rendering quirks they
>  will claim it was intentional and for compatibility reasons.

Yep...

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#6853

On 28/02/2015 7:20 AM, RS Wood wrote:
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/02/26/microsoft_spartan_browser_
> rationale/
>
>
> Love the subtitle: "even Microsoft is fed up with IE rendering
>   quirks. "  I think Nadella recognizes the brand name is
>   tarnished.
>
>   In fact I wouldn't put it past them to take the exact same code
>   base,  slap a new icon and name on it,  change a bit of the
>   chrome,  and announce it to the world as a new browser. When
>   techies point out that it has the same rendering quirks they will
>   claim it was intentional and for compatibility reasons.
>
>

The problem for Microsoft is that so many people treat IE as a reference 
implementation (whether those people realise it or not). A new version 
will inevitably contain rendering bugs, and unless Microsoft are willing 
to break sites that depend on those bugs, they'll find themselves in 
exactly the same situation again in a few years.

Sylvia.

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#7094

On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 20:20:01 +0000 (WET)
RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:

Here is an update:

http://osnews.com/story/28400/Microsoft_is_killing_off_the_Internet_Explorer_brand

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Microsoft is killing off the Internet Explorer brand
by Thom Holwerda in OSNews at 13:04, Tuesday, 17 March

While Microsoft has dropped hints that the Internet Explorer brand is going away, the software maker has now confirmed that it will use a new name for its upcoming browser successor, codenamed Project Spartan. Speaking at Microsoft Convergence yesterday, Microsoft's marketing chief Chris Capossela revealed that the company is currently working on a new name and brand. "We're now researching what the new brand, or the new name, for our browser should be in Windows 10," said Capossela. "We'll continue to have Internet Explorer, but we'll also have a new browser called Project Spartan, which is codenamed Project Spartan. We have to name the thing." The only sensible move. The Internet Explorer name is tainted far, far beyond repair.
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Posting to comp.misc, sci.misc, and misc.news.internet.discuss.

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#7106 — Re: Microsoft man: Internet Explorer had to go because it's garbage ? The Register

RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 27 Feb 2015 20:20:01 +0000 (WET)
> RS Wood <rsw@therandymon.com> wrote:

> The Internet Explorer name is tainted far, far beyond repair.

Major reality distortion field there.

It is the Microsoft name itself that is tainted far, far beyond repair.

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