That’s a serious question, and I can understand the logic behind it. But first, let’s look at the current situation. According to recent estimates, the market share of Microsoft Internet Explorer has dipped below 90% for the first time in several years. After supplanting Netscape, it seemed as if Internet Explorer would be unstoppable and […]

When you look at it, Microsoft probably had no choice. As you know, in the past the company has tried to undercut its competition by bringing out free products that other companies asked Windows users to pay for. Certainly it worked with Internet Explorer, although the truth is that it was, in those days at […]

At the heart of the claim that Macs are slower than Windows PCs is the perception that browsers run slower. A lot of that, of course, is based on the fact that Internet Explorer generally works a lot faster under Windows, simply because it’s optimized for that platform. Yet when I’ve done benchmarks of this […]