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Is Google Chrome the New IE6?

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Re: Is Google Chrome the New IE6?

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Post by laconian »

I think we're being trolled.

"Great stuff, faster Web interactions, but let's not forget that that universal access using any software is why the Web took off in the first place." Has he any had experiences where a site served only SPDY clients?

Re: Is Google Chrome the New IE6?

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Post by JonnieCache »

The difference that Michael Muchmore and PCMag are (deliberately) failing to understand is that while these new features are currently only implemented by chrome, this is only because other vendors have not yet implemented them, whereas with IE6 MS prevented other people from implementing them. This is what "lock-in" means.

There is absolutely nothing stopping MS from copy and pasting huge chunks of chromium into IE tomorrow. That was not the case with activex.

Like others have said, this article is trolling us.

Re: Is Google Chrome the New IE6?

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Post by bradleyland »

Go ahead and ignore the elephant in the room: Chrome is open source, IE6 is proprietary software. IE was a means to an end for Microsoft, and that end was extinguishing the uprising that is the internet. They almost succeeded, but ultimately failed.

Chrome may have feature and marketshare parallels to IE6, but it will never be IE6. IE6 was weilded in anger. Chrome is open source, which significantly limits Google's ability to use it in a similar fashion. Not to mention, Google isn't out to kill the web in the way that Microsoft was.

Re: Is Google Chrome the New IE6?

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Post by 16BitTons »

JonnieCache wrote: post #5

The difference that Michael Muchmore and PCMag are (deliberately) failing to understand is that while these new features are currently only implemented by chrome, this is only because other vendors have not yet implemented them, whereas with IE6 MS prevented other people from implementing them. This is what "lock-in" means. There is absolutely nothing stopping MS from copy and pasting huge chunks of chromium into IE…

Yes, it is kind of amazing. I almost submitted it with the title "Does PCMag Know What Open Means?" but I decided that there was enough linkbait/troll in the material already. If nothing else, it does highlight that the concept of "open" is still poorly grasped even within technical circles.

Re: Is Google Chrome the New IE6?

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Post by wmf »

In addition to what other commenters have said, IE6 got huge market share then stagnated. Even worse, when IE7 came out, people didn't upgrade. Chrome continues to improve and auto-update.
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