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Details Emerge On EU-Only "Browser Choice" Screen For Windows

Posted by timothy on from the what-would-sun-tzu-do dept.

Simmeh writes "Microsoft have posted screenshots and details on their upcoming 'web browser choice screen.' Requirements include being in Europe, and having Internet Explorer set as your default browser. It comes with a few surprises, as the software automatically unpins Internet Explorer from your taskbar, and offers 11 alternative browsers."

3 of 220 comments (clear)

  1. Mirror.... by ZiakII · · Score: 5, Informative

    The site with the picture did not load for me, I found the image on The Register with story listed here.

  2. The link by ivonic · · Score: 5, Informative

    You could just visit the browser ballot page directly.

    For reference, the browsers listed are IE, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera, Flock, FlashPeak, K-Meleon, Avant, Maxthon, Sleipnir & GreenBrowser

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  3. Irrelevent by pavon · · Score: 5, Informative

    The 5 most popular are shown when the window first opens (in random order), you have to scroll over to see the rest. Furthermore, it can't be an evil scheme by Microsoft as it wasn't their choice - the idea, the criteria for browser selection, and the ordering of the browsers were forced on them by the EU