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Microsoft begins offering alternative browsers to IE users

article published on 1 March, 2010

Microsoft Corp. has begun offering alternative web browsers to users of its Internet Explorer browser in Europe. Delivered via Windows Update, Windows XP, Vista and 7 users will be prompted to make an "important choice" on what software they want to use to browse the web. The move is part of a settlement with the European Commission. Users of the mentioned operating systems that have ... [ read the full article ]

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cyprusrom

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1. March 2010 @ 11:49

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A bit of Alzheimer's:)? It looks to me as the same news you posted over a week ago...

http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/21752.cfm

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Pop_Smith

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1. March 2010 @ 12:47

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Well it is kind of a repeat of the last news, cyprusrom, this one is saying "It's now out in the wild". The previous news was saying "It's coming soon".

I have one problem with the way the browser's descriptions are worded even if it's true; IE8's definition is worded "The world's most widely used browser. IE8 makes your...".

The problem I have with that wording is that Joe Average is more likely to pick IE8 based on two things:

1) He's got to click on IE to get to the browser choice window. This is fine because most "Joe Average"'s wouldn't know how to access the Internet otherwise.

2) The wording on IE8 says "The world's most widely used browser." This is further incitement for Joe Average because if he reads the descriptions he'll probably think "It's the most used, it must be better than all the rest."

Well I doubt that this browser choice window will have much of an effect on IE8 rates it would be nice if this further reduces IE6's rate of usage.

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Orvelo64

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21. April 2010 @ 03:07

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I have to say one bad thing about this, cause when I got this the first time I didn't know there was a such thing coming up from Microsoft, and I first went on a "panic-hurry-viruscleaner" -spree... I first thought this was a virus, not a MSupdate!

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Truthteller

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21. April 2010 @ 17:24

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*Interesting post but removed due to being completely and totally irrelevant to the News item*.

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