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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."

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  1. 11 browsers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Insightful

    11 browsers? how many of them have >1%market penetration? This is going to confuse the less versed users and I bet one ballmer's chair this is intentional, divide et impera

  2. Re:More to come by RightSaidFred99 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Of course they should! Linux dweebs will help them with friendly, free online advise like "You're an idiot" and "Duuh, you don't know how to peruse /proc to find out which revision of your chipset you're using, you numbskull noob!?".

  3. Re:javascript randomness by TheLink · · Score: 4, Insightful

    If you already have javascript disabled (partially or totally) and can actually see that page then:

    a) You have already chosen a non-IE browser
    b) You have javascript disabled and you know what you are doing (and have as many different browsers as you want)
    c) The organization that provided you the computer system has already chosen the browser for you.
    d) The organization that provided you the computer system has disabled javascript and you're not supposed to enable it, much less change the browser.
    e) You're using the wrong computer - go use your own PC.
    f) You're some really fringe corner case.

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