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Microsoft Blocks Browser Choice for 1.4 Billion Windows 10/11 Users, Study Finds (research.mozilla.org)
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1264137/microsoft-blocks-browser-choice-for-1-4-billion-windows-10-11-users-page-84-study-finds

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Note: The number in the headline is the total number of Windows 10 and Windows 11 users mentioned in page 84 notes in the report.

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[–] Highlow@piefed.social 5 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

The fuck? IE was absolutely dogs hit performance wise not to mention their non standard support of Javascript (JScript) was horrible. To accommodate IE you needed VBScript to perform well so basically a whole different site.

Netscape was always better but once they shoved IE on everyone you were left with doing 2 sites for a smaller percentage. Most corps flat out wanted IE only and VBScript / ASP and cut out the Javascript. Even then you sometimes had to do things ass backwards to make it work on IE.

[–] Bytemeister@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Eh, I remember using Netscape as a kid in school, very rarely, the browser opened up before then end of a class.

[–] justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io 1 points 3 hours ago

That's my lived experience when myself and my friends all chose to stop using NN. It is irrelevant if you believe me or not as that is the truth.