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Edge should have been called "Internet" or "Web" or "Browser". You could have started by calling it "Microsoft Web" or "Windows Browser", but ultimately droppe
by EdSharkey 11y ago
Edge should have been called "Internet" or "Web" or "Browser".
You could have started by calling it "Microsoft Web" or "Windows Browser", but ultimately dropped that just like you did with Word or Windows.
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- mikeyanderson 11y agoThat would have been a great idea in 94. Imagine if Internet Explorer had been called "Web" or "Net" it would have been harder for a competitor like Firefox to challenge them if their name was synonymous with their function.
- sdrothrock 11y agoAt the time it was made, "Internet Explorer" was pretty synonymous with its function.
- mikeyanderson 11y agoThat would have been a great idea in 94. Imagine if Internet Explorer had been called "Web" or "Net" it would have been harder for a competitor like Firefox to challenge them if their name was synonymous with their function.