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Internet Explorer is NOT a webbrowser

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MrX:
hey a while back there was an article about why IE is not a webbrowser. not standards compliant, other stuff etc. please supply reasons and evidence.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser
does this need to be changed or edited?

Mr X

muzzy:
If you want to redefine the word, then go ahead. However, "web browser" means quite a different thing to different people. Are you claiming that old netscapes are not web browsers either, because they don't comply to standards either? Or how about mosaic 1.0, which only supports pre-1.0 versions of HTTP, and thus most of websites don't even load? Is it not a web browser?

Aloone_Jonez:
Microsoft Internet Explprer is a web browser and if nothing else it's featureless and plain and boring too.

ps
Would some moderator please move this to applications.

Annorax:

--- Quote from: Aloone_Jonez ---Microsoft Internet Explprer is a web browser and if nothing else it's featureless and plain and boring too.

ps
Would some moderator please move this to applications.
--- End quote ---


It's a browser only if you stretch that term to its limits.


--- Quote from: muzzy ---If you want to redefine the word, then go ahead. However, "web browser" means quite a different thing to different people. Are you claiming that old netscapes are not web browsers either, because they don't comply to standards either? Or how about mosaic 1.0, which only supports pre-1.0 versions of HTTP, and thus most of websites don't even load? Is it not a web browser?
--- End quote ---


Old Netscapes complied with the standards of their time. Internet Explorer complies with the standards from its "creator's" ass. Which is closer to being a "web browser" in your eyes?  :confused:  :confused:

Calum:
i agree with that last statement, but i agree also with muzzy (put this date in your diary!) - i think the argument is more about whether it is a good web browser, a secure web browser, a reliable web browser, or an efficient web browser (et cetera)

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