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

From Rich <rich@example.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.misc
Subject Re: Microsoft man: Internet Explorer had to go because it's garbage ? The Register
Date 2015-02-27 23:24 +0000
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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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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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