Yes, it might sound lame, but it is true. Anyone who doesn't like messing with their computer, will find a nice little icon called Internet Explorer, and immideately assume it is for surfing the net. It works, and why should they care that it's because of the tireless efforts of thousands of developers? All that matters is that they click on that icon and the surf the net. They don't need an alternative.
I installed Chrome on the computers of a few people still using IE,and they just thought it was a newer version of the same. They are not dumb, they just don't give a **** as long as GMail opens and they can surf YouTube. They have other fields to excel in instead of computers.
I don't think they should, we all need a laughing stock
Besides, the best thing that can propel the evolution of browsers forward is finding out your browser is slower than IE
Same here, although I switched to Netscape 4.something back in 1999, a lot of websites didn't work as well, but it was still worth it!
And yes, I agree, by the time IE9 comes out in a couple of years, it will be outdated again, and it wont matter cause many people will still be using IE7,8 and the state of the web will still be the same.
No one blames Microsoft for their charitable donations, and Microsoft got quite some praise for Windows 7. Guess why?
People blame a shitty product, and Microsoft has made quite a few of those, too many in fact. Take each point for what it is. Does it make sense? Bashing is only unfair if you do so without reason, and Microsoft has been kind enough to provide us with plenty of those.
It is amusing that you post this for an article which actually praises a Microsoft product, sort of.
The internet is the biggest spy on any pc. If you want 100% privacy, stay off it.