"AOL has used IE as long as they've had a browser, but you can be sure it's not because they liked the idea."
In the early days of the Browser War, this made sense to AOL for two reasons.
[1] AOL, like MSFT and everyone else was at risk of being shut out of the Web ( especailly the Start Page ) by Netscape's vast dominance of civilian browser share.
[2] Netscape was incredibly arrogant back then. They refused to componentize Nav so that it could be integrated into the AOL user experience. NSCP was going to rule the Web, so what use did they have for the pathetic base of AOLusers?
From IE3 onwards, MSFT has had a hostable, component browser. MSFT worked with AOL to make the integration happen. Netscape wouldn't.
What baffles me is that given how many years ago AOL snarfed up NSCP, AOL is still running the MS HTML engine.
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This brings to mind the New Victorians in "The Diamond Age" zooming about with their pedomotives in the Neovictorian finery. I'm seeing the classic London businessman, conservative suit, umbrella, bowler, gliding down the sidewalk on his Segway, tipping his hat to a lady. He arrives at the bank, lifts his briefcase off of the rack, and hands the device off to the valet. Just before he enters the bank, he scowls at the NeoMods, who zip by on mirror encrusted, cheap Segway knock-offs, raincoats flapping, music blaring.
I can also see Tokyo, Shanghai, and Hong Kong buzzing with these gizmos.
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"AOL has used IE as long as they've had a browser, but you can be sure it's not because they liked the idea."
In the early days of the Browser War, this made sense to AOL for two reasons.
[1] AOL, like MSFT and everyone else was at risk of being shut out of the Web ( especailly the Start Page ) by Netscape's vast dominance of civilian browser share.
[2] Netscape was incredibly arrogant back then. They refused to componentize Nav so that it could be integrated into the AOL user experience. NSCP was going to rule the Web, so what use did they have for the pathetic base of AOLusers?
From IE3 onwards, MSFT has had a hostable, component browser. MSFT worked with AOL to make the integration happen. Netscape wouldn't.
What baffles me is that given how many years ago AOL snarfed up NSCP, AOL is still running the MS HTML engine.
This brings to mind the New Victorians in "The Diamond Age" zooming about with their pedomotives in the Neovictorian finery. I'm seeing the classic London businessman, conservative suit, umbrella, bowler, gliding down the sidewalk on his Segway, tipping his hat to a lady. He arrives at the bank, lifts his briefcase off of the rack, and hands the device off to the valet. Just before he enters the bank, he scowls at the NeoMods, who zip by on mirror encrusted, cheap Segway knock-offs, raincoats flapping, music blaring.
I can also see Tokyo, Shanghai, and Hong Kong buzzing with these gizmos.