IE is a good browser these days, but its maker is still trying to overcome its not-so-good reputation.
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The World’s Favorite Browser Is Internet Explorer. Or Chrome. Take Your Pick!
As CNET’s Lance Whitney is reporting, the latest browser market-share numbers from Net Applications show that Internet Explorer’s once-overwhelming lead is slipping. Except–well, the report still shows that Microsoft’s browser …
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BREAKING: Chrome Just Became the Web’s #1 Browser (Unless It Didn’t)
Number One: Google Chrome Finally Slips Ahead of Internet Explorer
I haven’t paid close attention to browser piecharts or percent usage spreadsheets since the late 1990s, when Microsoft and Netscape were slugging it out and some of us were still using Navigator’s “Netscape Composer” WYSIWYG HTML …
Ridiculous Drama: Microsoft Internet Explorer vs. Google
Microsoft — long relegated to the uncool corner of the tech world by popular kids Google and Facebook — is mad as hell and not going to take it anymore. First, it released an ad campaign in the wake of Google’s controversial …
Who’s the Fastest Browser of Them All? Firefox 9 for Windows 7, Safari 5 for OS X Lion
Every so often, Tom’s Hardware runs what it calls a “Web Browser Grand Prix,” putting the latest browsers through a battery of grueling benchmarks. The last throwdown took place in August, and was notable for its inclusion of a …
Microsoft Rejoices as Internet Explorer 6 Usage Falls Below 1%
Companies usually don’t celebrate when they lose market share. Then again, most companies don’t have to deal with consumers stubbornly sticking with a product that’s 10 years old, especially when a newer version is available for …
Internet Explorer Finally Falls Below 50% of Web Browser Use
Web designers around the world, it’s time to celebrate: Last month, Internet Explorer’s share of global browser usage fell below 50% for the first time in more than a decade. Your long nightmare of having to make things work for people who still use IE6 is a little bit closer to coming to an end.
Microsoft’s iconic browser can still …
That ‘Internet Explorer Users Are Dumber’ Study? Bogus.
All you diehard Internet Explorer users can relax this morning, because it sounds like the story that suggested users of Microsoft’s browser had a lower IQ than those who chose other browsers was an elaborate concoction. Maybe you saw this thing last week, when the media went a little hog wild with reports like InfoWorld‘s “Just how …
Google Toolbar for IE Gets Even Instantaneouser
I’m hard pressed to remember what Googling was like before Instant, the predictive search feature that preemptively fills your page with results. Google, however, has taken another step in streamlining the service across its products by adding it to their IE toolbar.
Per Google’s official blog:
To enable Toolbar Instant, visit
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Who Needs Internet Explorer 9 When You Can Download IE10?
You’ve just downloaded Internet Explorer 9, gotten acquainted with its page pins and streamlined tabs and search-in-the-address-bar simplification, but lo and behold: Microsoft’s already teasing Internet Explorer 10!
“Explore a more beautiful web,” writes Microsoft, inviting you to take IE10 for a spin not next year or next …
Every Version of Internet Explorer Gets Scrutinized Side-by-Side Since Birth
Remember Internet Explorer 2? I don’t. But that’s fine, because I can watch this video about every single iteration of Internet Explorer since Bill Gates dropped out of college.
Regardless, if you’re curious about how the browser has developed over time, it might be worth a look to make you appreciate how far web browsing has …