It seems Microsoft is feeling the pressure from Firefox.
Microsoft Corp. recently held a secret Webcast with some of its closest partners to discuss ways in which the company might improve its Internet Explorer browser and customer confidence in the platform.
As far as I'm concerned, they've already lost. When the only motivation for improvement is loss of market share, you're playing a losing strategy.
On top of this, IE can only be fixed superficially without having to modify the entire operating system; so most likely, it will not be "fixed" until the release of longhorn sometime between 2006 and 2020. And even then, who would actually believe that all its problems have been solved? Sure, improving the browser is possible (there is definitely room for improvement), but improving customer confidence is quite a different matter.
First, make it stop installing every piece of spyware that asks to be installed, then you can start thinking about improving customer confidence.
Good luck with that! *snicker*
02/13/05: Microsoft Plots Fixes to IE Browser
It seems Microsoft is feeling the pressure from Firefox.
As far as I'm concerned, they've already lost. When the only motivation for improvement is loss of market share, you're playing a losing strategy. On top of this, IE can only be fixed superficially without having to modify the entire operating system; so most likely, it will not be "fixed" until the release of longhorn sometime between 2006 and 2020. And even then, who would actually believe that all its problems have been solved? Sure, improving the browser is possible (there is definitely room for improvement), but improving customer confidence is quite a different matter. First, make it stop installing every piece of spyware that asks to be installed, then you can start thinking about improving customer confidence. Good luck with that! *snicker*