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The Death of Microsoft Internet Explorer

Ok, so the headline is probably a bit premature but I'm not talking globally, I'm talking about my own user experience. Some time ago, I was a major supporter of Internet Explorer and was urging people to abandon the various other browsers while meeting with stiff resistance from the Netscape camp. Eventually Microsoft won and we all went for Internet Explorer. Fast forward a few years and the unthinkable has happened - after about a couple of months of switching between browsers, I've finally abandoned the Microsoft camp for Firefox. So, was the decision the result of MS-Dislike? Was it because Firefox had better features? Nope. It was entirely based upon usability and reliability. Arguably the best marketing Firefox ever had was the release of Internet Explorer version 7. There are two reasons why this is the case; IE7 was widely touted as the "Firefox Killer". What this did was raise awareness that there was another solution out there. Sure, we all knew tha