Do you use Internet Explorer? I’m willing to bet that unless you must for web development, a person don’t. And you’re in a growing crowd. Despite being one of the very popular browsers for an extended time and emerging as the winner of the first great browser wars back in the 1990s Internet Explorer features rapidly dropped in popularity to the issue now where Chrome, FireFox and Safari make up a majority of the market share in addition to Chrome (38. 5%) has even surpassed Internet explorer (21. 2%) as typically the most popular browser (see source).
Rapidly improvements which have arrive at Internet Explorer in latest versions, the reputation of IE as being a poor quality and slow browser is constantly on the haunt Microsoft. As such, maybe it’s no surprise that in a recent Reddit AMA while using the Internet Explorer team at Microsoft they revealed they had entertained the concept of changing the name of Internet explorer.
Considering the legacy associated with Internet Explorer and the fact that it is still seen by many because Internet and not merely a credit card applicatoin used to access the internet, this would seem just like a bold move from Ms. However, the name of Internet explorer may have become also poisoned, particularly among the actual geeks, that such a measure is necessary to have any success in any way.
Of course, the Internet explorer team did not confirm this was a certainty; all they confirmed is the option had been discussed rather than the outcome of which discussion. Plus, changing the name of Internet explorer may cause more issues than it solves. All things considered, we’ve all seen really named tech products intended for experienced companies. Microsoft may well keep hold of the brand Internet Explorer for a while to come.
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