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Internet Explorer used to dominate the market, now it doesn't. As it was, so it will be.

• petesergeant 4y ago
  Right, but the years when it did sucked
• viraptor 4y ago
  IE dominated because it was the default / only known choice for a while. Then Mozilla/FF was huge because of features (tabs). Then Chrome was huge because Google had bazillion $$$ to burn on advertising it everywhere. I'm not sure how we can move away from that local maximum this time. On the iOS side, Apple had the default + locked browser choice. Now they can try to outspend each other with Google there.
  • matwood 4y ago
    When IE 6 came out, it was also one of the best/fastest browsers at the time. Heck, it even came with the first implementation of what we all call AJAX today. The problem was that MS declared victory and stop developing IE, expecting to use their OS leverage to keep others out.
    • forgetfulness 4y ago
      They lost the favor of web developers, because they thought that by pushing a crappy browser they could stall the advancement of web applications. They wanted to stifle the web and have people use IE the least as possible and have developers keep making native applications. Google doesn't have that incentive, it has the incentive to make the browser as shiny as possible to keep the loyalty of web developers, so that they won't campaign in a way that will make fewer people download their ads delivery platform. They want people to use Chrome
• Devasta 4y ago
  MS sat on their laurels and allowed everyone else catch up though. Through the living standard all google needs to do is keep Chrome updating at a frantic pace and no one will be able to come close. If MS doesn't have the capability of maintaining their own browser, the chances of someone else entering the market is basically nil.