I always speak from a tech point of view, never from fashion.
Until IE 7.0, that is a lot better than 6.0, I saw all kinds of people switching to Firefox. Those weren't zealots, or even tech savvy people.
I saw whole schools, universities, companies and even government entities switching.
Even Microsoft knew that 6.0 wasn't a good browser (they didn't have a large team working in it), and now that they were quickly loosing too much market to Firefox, they had to come with something. And finally they have again a modern browser.
So, I'm not an anti-Microsoft guy. I have lots of their original applications. But don't doubt for a minute that Firefox was many times better than IE 6.0.
It's a fact that even Microsoft had to accept.
IE 7.0 is an whole new kind of browser if you compare it to IE 6.0
And I'm not talking about the looks... it not only has more features, but it's quicker, lighter and safer. For a first time in some years, IE is close to Firefox.
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