Microsoft is killing off the Internet Explorer brand

IE will live on, but only as plumbing for Windows

[bill]

http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/17/8230631/microsoft-is-killing-off-the-internet-explorer-brand [theverge.com]

Microsoft is killing off the Internet Explorer brand

While Microsoft has dropped hints that the Internet Explorer brand is going away, the software maker has now confirmed that it will use a new name for its upcoming browser successor, codenamed Project Spartan. Speaking at Microsoft Convergence yesterday, Microsoft's marketing chief Chris Capossela revealed that the company is currently working on a new name and brand. "We’re now researching what the new brand, or the new name, for our browser should be in Windows 10," said Capossela. "We’ll continue to have Internet Explorer, but we’ll also have a new browser called Project Spartan, which is codenamed Project Spartan. We have to name the thing."

[mcneely]

Safari is horrible - but then again, we must consider the source in order to understand just why that might be ;)

I don't see why Microsoft just can't do what Google did tho' ... I mean how hard could it possibly be to take open source, write in all of your little backweb and spyware hooks and spring it on to the public as the best thing on the planet next to sliced bread ... If Google could do it, why can't Microsoft?

[graeme_p]

The reason for many decisions in software: NIH

Also, that would make the Webkit/Blink KHTML derived family for rendering engines as dominant as IE used to be - not a good thing in the long term.

[OddDog]

I still have bad memories of browser com pliancy......

[graeme_p]

It looks like the IE brand is still going to be around:

[theregister.co.uk ]

[mcneely]

It looks like the IE brand is still going to be around

I saw that

Remember IE6? ... Took 'em years to squash that thing -- Just imagine how long IE itself is going to be around.

IE is synonymous with the word Microsoft -- Might have to change Microsoft's name just to be rid of IE altogether me thinks