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From: Opera applauds scepticism on MS browser pledge (on The Register).
The last paragraph:
Not that it'll make the blindest bit of difference though; 99% of home computer users don't know a massive amount about computers, so they'll answer the question "How do I get on the internet?" with "I'll choose the thing called Internet Explorer". Business users will, for the most part, have their access to a browser decided by Corporate IT, who will inevitably choose IE to ensure compatibility with their web-based LOB applications that have been around for a decade and rely on IE6's odd layout behaviours, or other IE proprietary technologies like ActiveX.
Yet another wonderful waste of money perpetrated by the EU, thank you very much one and all for dumping money I've paid in taxes down the drain. *Le sigh*
The last paragraph:
"For the installed base of IE users, Windows updates and IE updates should come preloaded with other browsers and a ballot screen. The ballot screen with a choice of at least five browsers should also be provided to customers who buy Windows through the retail channel to upgrade their PCs."Errr, whaaaat!? Internet Explorer, Firefox, Safari, Chrome, Opera. There, that's five browsers named, and the last 3 are marginal (at the moment). The only use I've ever found for Opera as a browser is on my mobile. On the PC it's unintuitive and crap. Yes, crap. I primarily use Firefox, followed by IE. Safari I wouldn't use if I was paid (unless it was a *lot* of money) thanks to the way Apple Update used to (and may still) treat it. All that non-withstanding, surely if Microsoft are going to be required to do this, surely Apple (as the monopoly O/S provider for Mac') should be required to do the same?
Not that it'll make the blindest bit of difference though; 99% of home computer users don't know a massive amount about computers, so they'll answer the question "How do I get on the internet?" with "I'll choose the thing called Internet Explorer". Business users will, for the most part, have their access to a browser decided by Corporate IT, who will inevitably choose IE to ensure compatibility with their web-based LOB applications that have been around for a decade and rely on IE6's odd layout behaviours, or other IE proprietary technologies like ActiveX.
Yet another wonderful waste of money perpetrated by the EU, thank you very much one and all for dumping money I've paid in taxes down the drain. *Le sigh*
