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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 :)"
(Score: 1) by Refugee from beyond on Tuesday August 19 2014, @07:04AM
So, what do you do when you have more than 1 browser? Hundred different programs named "Internet Explorers" isn't going to help people.
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(Score: 2) by evilviper on Tuesday August 19 2014, @05:36PM
You can do all kinds of variations with the words Internet, Web, etc. And "Explorer" isn't needed at all... most any other word will do just fine.
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(Score: 1) by Refugee from beyond on Tuesday August 19 2014, @07:33PM
I'd like to see how fast this devolves into “[Vendor]'s browser” in the wild…
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(Score: 2) by evilviper on Wednesday August 20 2014, @12:28AM
"browser" is a TERRIBLE name. You can "browse" ANYTHING. Only techies would associate a browser with internet/web/youtube/facebook.
"Internet" or "Web" is good, and I'm sure I could come up with more if I was so motivated.
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(Score: 1) by Refugee from beyond on Wednesday August 20 2014, @07:39AM
Doesn't matter. I was talking about people who will use those browsers.
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(Score: 2) by maxwell demon on Tuesday August 19 2014, @09:26PM
Well, the menu item to start Firefox in my Linux distro is "Firefox Web Browser". So where's the problem, again?
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(Score: 2) by evilviper on Wednesday August 20 2014, @12:26AM
That helps, but it doesn't show-up that way in a yum or dpkg/apt search, or any other way you'd look for and access it.
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