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The MA hate is real and well deserved but there actually was a period of time where IE was the browser of choice for all the right reasons. People forget that p
by bombcar 6mo ago
The MA hate is real and well deserved but there actually was a period of time where IE was the browser of choice for all the right reasons. People forget that part, but Microsoft has really made good products when they want to.
- adzm 6mo agoPlus IE got the box model right in the first place. It really was a good browser and had an interesting design with COM / MSHTML for embedding. The problem really was that it stagnated and had no real competition until Chrome (even though Firefox was slowly gaining traction) Plus during this time there was little competition on the desktop market in general. iPhone and smart phones, and the Apple resurgence, was yet to come.
- xmcp123 6mo agoThe problem was that they had no interest in having their browser abide by the standards that existed.
- icedchai 6mo agoYep, the IE 6 era felt like it lasted forever. It was a solid browser, relatively stable and fast (compared to Netscape, at least.) IE was also the main browser on Mac OS X for the first couple of releases!
- icedchai 6mo agoIt was a rough time. IE was the only browser that worked well. Netscape 4.x crashed every 20 minutes. Mozilla (before Firefox) was barely usable. Chrome was no where to be seen yet.