“Internet Explorer has been very easy to hate, but much of that has been Microsoft’s own fault”

With the addition of the stripped-down Spartan browser to Windows 10, is it a case of third time lucky for Microsoft?

JON HONEYBALL

The Windows 10 bandwagon rolls on with a major new update that includes the Spartan browser, which apparently replaces Internet Explorer. Am I pleased that IE is finally being shown the door? For sure. IE has been easy to hate, but much of that has been Microsoft’s own fault. For starters, few will ever forget the implementation of IE6, wherein Microsoft decided to add special extensions that made it easier to write Microsoft-specific web apps. That might have seemed a good idea at the time, and indeed many companies went ahead and followed Microsoft’s lead, only to discover that the company wasn’t going to continue supporting this route. In addition, who can forget the innumerable security problems that plagued the product over the years. Is it any surprise that many users…

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