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> Set the default browser to something else and never have to deal with IE again. Edge could become, hands-down, the best browser in the world. It could automa

> Set the default browser to something else and never have to deal with IE again. Edge could become, hands-down, the best browser in the world. It could automatically put free cake, pizza, and beer into my mouth. And i still would not use it because of the pain instilled on me by Microsoft by IE 6.

Eric_WVGG 5y ago
You don’t deserve to be downvoted for this comment. I spent over a decade getting smacked upside the head by IE 6. Until Gates and Ballmer personally drop by with a cheque for ten years of wages, I will never give any Microsoft product the benefit of the doubt, and I question the sanity and integrity of anyone who does. Decisions should have consequences, and MS deserves a fate worse than Yahoo.
laumars 5y ago
Amen to this. These days us old folk are mocked for saying stuff like this but the pain was very real and a very deliberate corporate strategy by Microsoft too. I’ll never trust another Microsoft browser again.
mattkevan 5y ago
Amen to this. The amount of money and time wasted spent chasing IE compatibility was insane. I worked at a web agency during the dying days of IE and we spent so much time fixing IE problems that we would instantly add on a third to the quote if the client wanted IE7 support, double for IE6. When faced with that, clients who previously insisted support was vital suddenly agreed that 11 was fine after all. Microsoft may be a completely different organisation now, but I’ll never forgive or forget the amount of time they made me waste.
- TedDoesntTalk 5y ago
  > but I’ll never forgive or forget the amount of time they made me waste. I understand. For me, it wasn’t the time but the frustration they caused me. So I won’t use their browser on any of my devices in order to keep their percentage market share one tiny tiny fraction lower.

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> Set the default browser to something else and never have to deal with IE again. Edge could become, hands-down, the best browser in the world. It could automa

by TedDoesntTalk 5y ago

Eric_WVGG 5y ago
You don’t deserve to be downvoted for this comment. I spent over a decade getting smacked upside the head by IE 6. Until Gates and Ballmer personally drop by with a cheque for ten years of wages, I will never give any Microsoft product the benefit of the doubt, and I question the sanity and integrity of anyone who does. Decisions should have consequences, and MS deserves a fate worse than Yahoo.
laumars 5y ago
Amen to this. These days us old folk are mocked for saying stuff like this but the pain was very real and a very deliberate corporate strategy by Microsoft too. I’ll never trust another Microsoft browser again.
mattkevan 5y ago
Amen to this. The amount of money and time wasted spent chasing IE compatibility was insane. I worked at a web agency during the dying days of IE and we spent so much time fixing IE problems that we would instantly add on a third to the quote if the client wanted IE7 support, double for IE6. When faced with that, clients who previously insisted support was vital suddenly agreed that 11 was fine after all. Microsoft may be a completely different organisation now, but I’ll never forgive or forget the amount of time they made me waste.
- TedDoesntTalk 5y ago
  > but I’ll never forgive or forget the amount of time they made me waste. I understand. For me, it wasn’t the time but the frustration they caused me. So I won’t use their browser on any of my devices in order to keep their percentage market share one tiny tiny fraction lower.