Microsoft Wins Browser War, Abandons 'Innovation'

rocketjam writes "Web developers are expressing frustration with Microsoft's apparent abandonment of its 'operating-system-integrated' Internet Explorer web browser. An article on C-Net points up the efforts of the Web Standards Project as well as Adobe Systems to prompt Microsoft to fix long-standing Cascading Style Sheet bugs in IE as well as continuing to add other improvements which have virtually ceased since Microsoft won the browser war. While alternatives such as the Mozilla Project and the Opera browser still exist, their marketshare is miniscule." In a related story, an anonymous reader points out that the bugs aren't just in rendering, they're security holes as well: "iDefense and eEye have basically said that Internet Explorer is full of holes and just surfing the Web using it is "unsafe". There's 31 un-patched holes in IE, but MS won't talk about it... It took them nearly a month to roll out a new patch after this one was found to be more or less useless."

Innovation with plugins

[jolyonr]

Wait - Microsoft are going to be the first browser developers to release the new innovative "Do you want to run this plugin? [OK]" pop-up technology! They're way ahead of the game!

Jolyon

Safari

[Nexum]

Let's get Apple to port Safari to Windows just like it is doing with iTunes.

It's a bloody great browser... although having thought about it, theres no reason for Apple to let the hoardes have its pretty software for nothing...

I can tell you this though... if you think your browsing and computing experience is slowing down in terms of innovation and invention, switch to the OSX platform... my god, there's enough new stuff every week to make you do a sex wee.

-Nex

What? A monopoly that doesn't innovate?

[TimTheFoolMan]

In related news, ruthless dictators neglect the human rights of their people.

Phlegm at 11.

Tim

Quick Solution - Everybody wins!

[teamhasnoi]

Use the holes in IE to create a worm that installs Firebird, and removes IE with litePC.com's XPlite.

(Most) People only use IE because they are scared to install some software (I don't want to break my computer!) or they don't know there are options (What are you using - why do I get all these pop-ups?)

Use MS tactics! Force a new browser on them!

these arent security holes

[Anonymous Coward]

Those aren't security holes, those are features apart of Microsoft's "Administrator anywhere anytime" initiative! Stop blaming them, they are only allowing remote access!!!!

Re:Safari sex wee

[Anonymous Coward]

I just got my new PB - let me tell you, it has sex wee all over it. I mean, it's really cool.

Is there a check box in the Apple store to NOT get that option?

Re:can you say 'monopoly?'

[LilMikey]

Five years ago, Slashbots bitched when IE was the best browser out there and yet was being included with Windows. Five years later, Slashbots bitch that Microsoft hasn't improved on that browser.

So Slashbots bitch when a company moves to secure a monopoly and when they abuse that monopoly? Damn those fickle Slashdot readers...

In other news...

[TeknoHog]

Scientists have discovered that the liquid phase of dihydrogen monoxide has a peculiar property called 'wetness'.

Obvious reply to story headline

[tregoweth]

Microsoft "abandoning 'innovation'" is like hippos abandoning spaceflight.

Re:Not very surprising

[Anonymous Coward]

"He is very suspicious of the fact that I use something not-Windows on our computers; I think he thinks I'm a closet commie or something..."

A swift punch in the stomach usually curbs such thoughts. What better way to convince people you're an honest to God American? Unprovoked violence!.