I remember fondly the early days of the graphic web browser. I especially recall the excitement associated with coming home from work knowing that a new version of the NetScape browser would be ready for download. Of course, the giant known as Microsoft joined the browser wars late, and poorly. But, with the tenacity of a pit bull, they hung on and improved their product until it seemed that IE was the only browser out there.
And, I must admit, I went along. I think it was probably about Internet Explorer 5 that I was totally onboard with Microsoft. For the most part, I stayed there – until now.
Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 is the most unstable piece of software that I have had the misfortune to install since Windows ME. It has brought back the days of the dreaded BSOD, only now it looks like this:
Microsoft's new gift to the browser wars
I cannot count how many times this new incarnation of IE has frozen in the weeks since I installed it. Now I find myself wondering why I have continued to brainlessly click the IE desktop icon when I have the vastly superior Firefox installed. I guess that I have become a creature of habit. But IE is one habit that I am leaving behind.