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I don't think it was. IE pushed a lot of boundaries back in the day and it was up to others to innovate. Just look at how far we have come since Firefox was rel
by kamjam 13y ago
I don't think it was. IE pushed a lot of boundaries back in the day and it was up to others to innovate. Just look at how far we have come since Firefox was released.
I understand that MS using it's dominant position was bad, but it's exactly what Google does too. It's business and you take every advantage you have.
- Mahn 13y ago> IE pushed a lot of boundaries back in the day And then fell asleep for years. If it hadn't been for Mozilla, people would still be using IE6.
- kamjam 13y agoYes, I know that. But competition drives the market and innovation, not just the browser market but every single market in existence. The reason, as I see it, that up to IE6 there was innovation was because there was competition with Netscape. Until Mozilla turned up again they didn't have that same need to throw money and resources behind a product. I wish they had, but boards of directors and shareholders may well have argued otherwise. I'm glad Mozilla turned up when it did.
- huxley 13y agoLike Mahn said, MS fell asleep. The problem wasn't IE6 per se, it's that IE6 didn't get upgraded significantly over a 6 year period. Market dominance and stagnation really damaged the web for many many years. I'm happy to crap on Google when they deserve it but Chrome has had around 34 public releases over the last 5 years.