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People didn't like primarily because IE was fixed version, tied to operating system version, Windows-only. Chrome is evergreen, cross platform, open source. T
by shurcooL 10y ago
People didn't like primarily because IE was fixed version, tied to operating system version, Windows-only.
Chrome is evergreen, cross platform, open source.
That makes a big difference. Chrome gets bug fixes, implements new standards, etc.
- pcwalton 10y agoWhen IE took over the market, it was implementing new features at a breakneck pace. The browser wars were not "IE sits still and gains market share"--they were "IE develops rapidly, takes over the market, and then stops development".
- hashhar 10y agoAJAX, bi-directional text, most conformant CSS 2.0 browser, border-box sizing CSS model are all things where IE was ahead of the times. The reason people hated IE was because it implemented only "just enough" to get ahead and then sat on their asses until someone catched up. That's where the antitrust came from.
- blackoil 10y agoI believe, order is reverse. IE team was dismantled after the antitrust suit.
- zp-j 10y agoSorry, Chrome is not open-sourced, Chromium is.
- shurcooL 10y agoThat is a valid point, thank you for bringing it up.