That’s all.

EDIT: Thank you all for detailing your experience with, and hatred for, this miserable product. Your display of solidarity is inspiring. Now, say it with me:

Fuck Microsoft

  • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net
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    Fun fact: internet explorer was originally built off the File Explorer.

    I kinda stopped following programming for windows a decade ago. But in sure there is some ancient code from 30 years ago that is holding some critical files together.

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      Really? Why? Anything they might share would be shared with any codebase for a window application right?

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        Browsers, at the core are just file browsers. Websites are just files on another computer.

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          Every application is a file browser when you open/save, what’s your point?

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            That a lot of the lower level components are already there. Id imagine it’s easier to recycle working code than redo from scratch.

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      Internet Explorer was originally based upon the Mosaic browser. Like a lot of Microsoft’s tech, it’s something they acquired.

      Up to IE4, it was a standalone browser. It’s IE4 where Microsoft integrated it into the OS and made do double duty as Windows Explorer, which is what you’re thinking of.