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Title    Microsoft Dev Team Debates Renaming Internet Explorer
Date    Monday August 18 2014, @09:47PM
Author    LaminatorX
Topic   
from the not-your-father's-Oldsmobile dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=14/08/18/1718222

Hugh Pickens writes:

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 :)"

Links

  1. "Hugh Pickens" - http://respectponcacity.com/
  2. "development team debated renaming the browser" - http://www.pcworld.com/article/2465621/microsoft-internally-debated-rebranding-internet-explorer.html
  3. "Plenty of ideas get kicked around about how we can separate ourselves from negative perceptions" - http://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/2dk60t/we_build_internet_explorer_i_know_right_ask_us/

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