In the early days maybe with ActiveX and friends but that was a small portion of IE's life. The vast majority it remained a laggard until Edge and now the Blink

In the early days maybe with ActiveX and friends but that was a small portion of IE's life. The vast majority it remained a laggard until Edge and now the Blink switch. Safari is usually the last one to the party and often has the most lolwtfbbq bugs which to me was the essence of the IE6+ era.