Microsoft is killing off the Internet Explorer brand

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Post by nsp » Tue, Mar 17, 2015, 5:48 PM UTC

Microsoft is killing off the Internet Explorer brand
americasmarkets.usatoday.com

Re: Microsoft is killing off the Internet Explorer brand

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Post by brianbreslin » Tue, Mar 17, 2015, 6:55 PM UTC

I would be curious to see how well browser brand names have associated/resonated with the average computer users over time. I know my mom uses chrome because I made it her default web browser and hid explorer. However she doesn't refer to it as chrome, just "the web".

Re: Microsoft is killing off the Internet Explorer brand

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Post by serve_yay » Tue, Mar 17, 2015, 6:57 PM UTC

I guess it's not just us nerds in our bubble who dislike it.

Re: Microsoft is killing off the Internet Explorer brand

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Post by OliverJones » Tue, Mar 17, 2015, 6:59 PM UTC

They killed that brand ages ago. Now they're going to stop mentioning its name.

Re: Microsoft is killing off the Internet Explorer brand

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Post by whoopdedo » Tue, Mar 17, 2015, 7:04 PM UTC

brianbreslin wrote: post #2

I would be curious to see how well browser brand names have associated/resonated with the average computer users over time. I know my mom uses chrome because I made it her default web browser and hid explorer. However she doesn't refer to it as chrome, just "the web".

I've lost count of the number of times I asked someone what browser they used and was told "Yahoo."

Re: Microsoft is killing off the Internet Explorer brand

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Post by angularly » Tue, Mar 17, 2015, 7:12 PM UTC

OliverJones wrote: post #4

They killed that brand ages ago. Now they're going to stop mentioning its name.

Heh, exactly my thought when I saw the headline. As a webdeveloper since 1995, I can only say "phew, finally" - that browser probably cost me 2-3 years of my life, spent hacking various webprojects to make them work in IE.

Re: Microsoft is killing off the Internet Explorer brand

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Post by nostromo » Tue, Mar 17, 2015, 7:16 PM UTC

> "We’ll continue to have Internet Explorer, but we’ll also have a new browser called Project Spartan"

Oh joy, another browser from Microsoft to test. :\

Re: Microsoft is killing off the Internet Explorer brand

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Post by qnaal » Tue, Mar 17, 2015, 7:17 PM UTC

serve_yay wrote: post #3

I guess it's not just us nerds in our bubble who dislike it.

still?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_layout_engines_%2...

Re: Microsoft is killing off the Internet Explorer brand

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Post by TallGuyShort » Tue, Mar 17, 2015, 7:18 PM UTC

whoopdedo wrote: post #5

brianbreslin wrote: post #2

I would be curious to see how well browser brand names have associated/resonated with the average computer users over time. I know my mom uses chrome because I made it her default web browser and hid explorer. However she doesn't refer to it as chrome, just "the web".

I've lost count of the number of times I asked someone what browser they used and was told "Yahoo."

Maybe Yahoo Axis really is that popular.

Re: Microsoft is killing off the Internet Explorer brand

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Post by aikah » Tue, Mar 17, 2015, 7:20 PM UTC

angularly wrote: post #6

OliverJones wrote: post #4

They killed that brand ages ago. Now they're going to stop mentioning its name.

Heh, exactly my thought when I saw the headline. As a webdeveloper since 1995, I can only say "phew, finally" - that browser probably cost me 2-3 years of my life, spent hacking various webprojects to make them work in IE.

You forget the fact that IE used to be the best browser out there.Netscape ended up being total shit.