> IE is the butt of many jokes today. Yes, but the jokes aren't about the browser's name, they're about the browser. Changing a name has less significance than

> IE is the butt of many jokes today. Yes, but the jokes aren't about the browser's name, they're about the browser. Changing a name has less significance than you seem to think. > The truth is the modern versions of IE are actually great browsers. Citation needed. MSIE is still the least standards-compliant browser among available browsers. It's still a PITA for Web development, that developers must accommodate in all sorts of complex ways to keep it from spoiling their pages' appearance and function. Here's my counter-proposal -- let's change the name of Microsoft's browser, while simultaneously flushing it down the nearest toilet. That would work.