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At this point, I don't even want IE to be improved. Microsoft has immense resources at its disposal, and I would prefer to see that effort devoted towards trul

At this point, I don't even want IE to be improved. Microsoft has immense resources at its disposal, and I would prefer to see that effort devoted towards truly new problems in computing. Simply put, we finally have a number of incredibly good web browsers, and most of them run on Windows. Microsoft should embrace one of these, and stop wasting time and money (both its own, and that of developers who continue to have to test IE). Even a great IE is still yet another IE, that must be supported or not, and this effect multiplies across all the web pages in the world. A new IE contributes nothing useful at this point, that wouldn't be achieved by having Windows Update auto-install a Firefox, a Chrome or a Safari.

aj 16y ago
If this is what should happen, then eventually will it not reduce competition? And if other browser developers thought this way too, it would ultimately stall the innovation in browser development. I think they are going the right way with IE9: * Sticking to standards (at least claimed as of now) * Not creating proprietary APIs (hopefully. I'm not sure about this) * Improving speed * Rapid iterations of the browser, all this _while_ keeping an eye on security is a good thing for the industry as a whole since it keeps browsers competing with each other. (NB. I'm not too trusting of MS but they seem to be behaving better than they used to)
rpledge 16y ago
That's a bit of an odd opinion. Microsoft is a company and companies have one goal: generate revenue for shareholders. I suspect IE generates significant revenue for Microsoft, if for no other reason than the default search being Bing. I wouldn't hold my breath that they're going to discontinue a product that still has 50% plus marketshare.