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

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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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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

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