News - Microsoft's browser ballot nears EU approval

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But will it be enough to please the likes the Mozilla, Opera and Google?

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[Boon72]

what's the point in doing it now? it's been out for age's, if they were going to do it, it should of been on release not a few months down the line.
if people wanted to get another browser they would of done it

[GaryRW]

Microsoft will then issue the ballot to users of Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 via a Windows Update, with users who have Internet Explorer set as their default browser being prompted by the ballot to select their browser of choice.

Really? Microsoft is going to show (in effect) all existing users of IE a page prompting them with an option to install a different browser.

Now don't get me wrong, I'm sure a huge proportion of those users won't have a clue what a browser is, and will just click the internet logo that they always click on (before forgetting the page ever came up), but still.... that's more of a concession than I thought they were offering. I thought they were only talking about people buying new computers or after a fresh OS install.

[miniyazz]

They really big up 'Google Chrome: a new web browser for Windows' compared to the other ones

[latrosicarius]

I like how this browser ballot is displayed inside Internet Explorer. Way to be fair.