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> Microsoft had over 90% market share at the time they used their free, and really crappy, IE to pretty much destroy all other browser developers. IE 6 fell wa
by cwyers 11y ago
> Microsoft had over 90% market share at the time they used their free, and really crappy, IE to pretty much destroy all other browser developers.
IE 6 fell way behind because Microsoft just stopped caring about it (and because Netscape comitted suicide by refactoring, thus leaving IE without any competition to drive it forward), but comparing IE versions to their contemporary Netscape versions, it's really hard to call it "crappy."
- Ensorceled 11y agoHah! Yeah, you're right. In my mind I'm rewriting history, it was good at the time. It just became a support nightmare later.
- AnimalMuppet 11y agoThree things happened at about the same time. IE got better (it had been behind Netscape), Netscape went into the never-ending re-write, and Microsoft tied the OS to IE.