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> Microsoft took 5 years to go from IE6 to IE7, as 7 was really bad. IE completely stagnated, while being the default browser on a billion PC's. I feel like ma

by Osmium 10y ago

> Microsoft took 5 years to go from IE6 to IE7, as 7 was really bad. IE completely stagnated, while being the default browser on a billion PC's. I feel like many people have forgotten how bad this really was, or simply weren't developing back then ...

simonhamp 10y ago
Everything looks slightly less bad in hindsight
Strom 10y ago
Sure it was bad, but not for those specific 5 years. When IE6 came out it was a really good browser. The real problem was that people were still using IE6 when IE7 was already out, and even when IE9 was already out.