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posted by LaminatorX on Monday August 18 2014, @09:47PM   Printer-friendly
from the not-your-father's-Oldsmobile dept.

For the last few years, Microsoft has tried to separate the modern version of Internet Explorer from its legacy: a relatively slow, insecure browser saddled with proprietary features. Now Mark Hachman reports at PC World that as recently as a few weeks ago, members of the Internet Explorer development team debated renaming the browser, presumably in an effort to eliminate any distaste from the software's earliest days. According to one member of the Explorer Develop Group during an AMA on Reddit: "It's been suggested internally; I remember a particularly long email thread where numerous people were passionately debating it. Plenty of ideas get kicked around about how we can separate ourselves from negative perceptions that no longer reflect our product today," wrote Jonathon Sampson. "The discussion I recall seeing was a very recent one (just a few weeks ago). Who knows what the future holds :)"

 
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  • (Score: 4, Funny) by M. Baranczak on Tuesday August 19 2014, @03:51AM

    by M. Baranczak (1673) on Tuesday August 19 2014, @03:51AM (#82901)

    Call it "Airwolf" because "Firefox" is taken.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by tempest on Tuesday August 19 2014, @01:10PM

    by tempest (3050) on Tuesday August 19 2014, @01:10PM (#83043)

    If Chrome changes to Blue Thunder, I think we could get a trilogy of movies out of the next browser wars.

    • (Score: 2) by M. Baranczak on Tuesday August 19 2014, @06:31PM

      by M. Baranczak (1673) on Tuesday August 19 2014, @06:31PM (#83199)

      And if Exchange is renamed to Manimal, we'd have enough material to start a full-blown religion.