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Re:The innovations of Internet Explorer by emilis_info on Thursday August 23, 2012 @08:22AM (#4421945)
And Hitler built the Autobahns, shouldn't we say thanks to him for that?

Also the rebels where never able to build something as marvelous as the Death Star :-)

Success, efficiency and morality are three different things. Though many people mix them up all the time. If someone (or something) is efficient and successful that doesn't mean we should overlook the harm (or good) it is doing.

Re:The innovations of Internet Explorer by jaimzob on Thursday August 23, 2012 @09:36AM (#4422243)
Hitler? That's where you want to go in a thread about web browsers? Maybe it's time to switch to decaff.
Re:The innovations of Internet Explorer by untog on Thursday August 23, 2012 @11:19AM (#4422826)
Oops, you've gone and invoked Godwin's law:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwins_law

A cold shower and a drive in a Volkswagen before you can post again.

Re:The innovations of Internet Explorer by wickedchicken on Thursday August 23, 2012 @12:08PM (#4423143)
> A cold shower and a drive in a Volkswagen before you can post again.

What an excellent retort.

Re:The innovations of Internet Explorer by atirip on Thursday August 23, 2012 @08:33AM (#4421983)
So exactly, what harm IE did to your delicate soul?

Me personally is pretty happy it killed the buggiest and shittest browser ever lived - Netscape4

Re:The innovations of Internet Explorer by Drakim on Thursday August 23, 2012 @08:52AM (#4422062)
After it killed it's rival, development practically stopped for several years, and the progress of the web stopped with it.

You know how everybody hates AT&T and Verizon for not bothering to make a better service because they essentially have no competition? That's the same reason I dislike IE.

Re:The innovations of Internet Explorer by huskyr on Thursday August 23, 2012 @08:26AM (#4421960)
Actually.. Hitler didn't built any Autobahns :)

http://german.about.com/library/blgermyth08.htm

Re:The innovations of Internet Explorer by emn13 on Thursday August 23, 2012 @08:51AM (#4422056)
According to that link, he didn't invent them. They're not claiming he didn't play a role in building them.

Titling the article as a "Myth" smacks of about.com linkbait.