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Now, Microsoft, which has been used to bite the dust from version 6 of its browser (It bears 11), it appears that is ready for a new global venture and has chosen, at least, a good name for your new weapon. Spartan
And why this should matter to the user? At the end of the day, browsers are things that are used for other things. But they are more than the first stop of the day; are the gateway to a world of infinite possibilities. “Your role as a gateway for different technologies is what precisely makes them important. A browser can choose a default search engine (which involves a lot of money) or determine web standards, “recalled Anthony Wing Kosner in a column in Forbes magazine.
The big loser
IE 6, launched in August 2001 version, it still counts appearing as the worst technological errors is done on the internet. One day he mastered 95% of the market; but of course then had no competition and came integrated with the Windows operating system. Users had no choice.
Microsoft already had the means to Netscape Navigator in what was the first war for dominance of internet in the mid-1990s, however, do not mourn by Netscape because it ended up being sold to AOL for US $ 4,200 million in 1999.
IE was always a difficult engine to uninstall and prey for dogs because of slow updates. The IE 6, for example, introduced some innovations such as changing size of web and print preview, but left it to accumulate cobwebs for five years; while Firefox and Chrome launched new versions every six weeks.
“You err,” he said flatly Dean Hachamovitch, corporate vice president of Microsoft, at a conference in 2006.
When he reached the successor, IE 7 that year, the damage was done. Firefox and Chrome had not strive to beat him at safety, speed and efficiency. Until today, IE still admits extensions and is not synchronized with other devices automatically.
Meanwhile, Microsoft was accused of monopolistic tactics in the European Union and was forced to position in Windows browsers of competition (see Other opponents) in the same way it did with IE. In late 2009, it was established that the option would be offered in a window appear the first time the program was commenced from the version of Windows 7. In December this sentence prescribed and the company announced it will no longer display the window of choice.
In 2014, in addition, a security flaw was found in 6 of the 11 versions of IE. Microsoft stated that it was “limited attacks, directed” by the cybercriminal could gain the same user rights as the holder of a service.
The winners
Before the stagnation of IE, Firefox convinced fast: 1 million downloads in four days, more than 10 million downloads in 30 days, more than 1,000 million downloads in five years. Then walked the 3.5 version that supported 75 different languages
From the beginning it allowed open tabs.; something that today would be inconceivable if missing in a browser but IE took two years to incorporate. The company always talked that this Firefox was a “declaration of independence from a monopolized and stagnant web”.
In early December, Firefox launched its latest browser with innovations such as a system Debugging Tools Adapter called Firefox, and Firefox Hello, video chat system like Skype or Google Hangouts but for which no need to install anything else, among other improvements, some still in beta. Which rarely proved Firefox IE again.
Once Upon Chrome, which, by its technical merits, disculpársele seems to follow the old manual Microsoft to compulsorily require their services (Gmail and YouTube in particular ) for some applications. One of its greatest strengths is that it can be used on all platforms and devices. Recently, Chrome managed 42 security holes and disabled the support for version 3.0 of the SSL protocol, causing the last major vulnerability detected by the company; as well as improvements in the stability of the operating system.
In late 2014, the territory of IE was reduced to less than 20% of the market, according to Statcounter, an online web traffic analysis. In December he was the most used browser in the US (I had not been since November 2013), Vatican, Japan, South Korea, Papua New Ginea, Solomon Islands, Falkland, Guinea-Bissau and Lesotho. Chrome has 48% market share, followed by Firefox (18%) and Safari, Apple (11%).
The new soldier
the launch of Windows 10, Microsoft is creating a new browser, according to advanced tech site ZDNet and businesses. There is a new version of IE -the traditionally, but one created from scratch, more like Firefox and Google Chrome, with improvements in its appearance and functionality.
Among the many unknowns surrounding Spartan is their adaptation to mobile devices; Spartan may end up becoming an alternative, but this battle will be even harder than the reconquest of the desktop.
However, IE will not disappear or at least not for now. IE 11 shall be included in the software package Windows 10 compatibility reasons, but new versions or better minimum. This would ensure that the transition was not troubled for many web development.
Until now, browsers have served as soldiers in the rise of empires online and in the case of IE, has served for the with Microsoft speed of fall. The question is whether Spartan may end his agony
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