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Microsoft Drops Windows 7 E Editions
A week after Microsoft agreed to include a browser ballot screen in Windows 7 systems sold in Europe, then announced that those systems would initially include no browser at all — specifically, no Internet Explorer — Microsoft has changed its mind again and dropped talk of a European Windows 7 E edition. Here is the official Microsoft blog announcement, which includes a screen shot of the proposed ballot screen. The browsers are listed left-to-right in order of market share, with IE therefore having pride of place. PC Pro notes that, since the ballot screen would not appear if IE were not pre-installed, Microsoft's proposal opens the door for Google to work with PC manufacturers to get Chrome on new machines. Note that the browser ballot screen has not yet been accepted by the EU, though the initial reaction to it was welcoming.
From the screenshot it looks like one has to have IE installed in order to choose which browser you want, as the choice is web based?! Does this still mean that while one "gets a choice", IE is still always installed?
Because you can remove safari from OS X if you choose to. Finder isnt based on Safari and it isnt a vital part of the system, whereas you can't uninstall IE since its part of Explorer and the whole system.
Care knowing what you're talking about before posting, next time? IE never had its hooks so deep in the OS, you're using an obsolete version of Windows. Furthermore, it's already possible to remove Internet Explorer from Windows 7, so I'm not sure what is left to cry about.
No. If I try that in Vista, the URL is opened in Firefox.
I am not really here right now.