Story: Dear Internet Explorer: I'm leaving

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Welcome to the club. I've been using Firefox since the first beta of Pheonix hit the ground. It was such a breath of fresh air. The only thing I've used IE for since the introduction of Firefox (in all its various names) is to get my Windows updates and internal Windows stuff which IE won't let go of.

Saying that, I've changed my main desktop in that time as well, but the browsing experience has remained the same. It feels horrible when I am visiting clients and have to use their machines which only have IE, it feels alien, wrong. Just those insignificant little things like "open link in new tab" missing from the menus or all those pop-ups

IE has put on weight over the years, when compared to its rivals. These days, it has nothing but security problems to show for the bulging waistline. I gave it the benefit of the doubt at first, I thought maybe it was pregnant and would give birth to something wonderful and new, now I realise it was just pigging out on rotten crisps and mouldy candy which has just blown her up like a balloon and made her sick :-(

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