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Originally Posted by pl001
Apps are not at the level of Google or Apple. But the big basics that most people need are there, and having a pc-level browser helps greatly with what isn't. My point is that I think they have done well given the timeframe and with the large install base there is no reason to think it won't continue to improve.
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Originally Posted by Faterson
Erm, what?  I trust you're not referring to the notoriously lame Internet Explorer. Superb iOS browsers like Atomic Web Browser do not lag behind desktop browsers in any way I have noticed. But even the best browser is no substitute for missing apps. Plus, given Microsoft's reputation of producing buggy software, I don't see many people willing to expose themselves to all of that on a mobile device. If those devices were distributed for free... perhaps. But for hundreds of dollars per device... hopeless for MS, I'm afraid. |
Well, it's mostly IE7 & 8 that are completely irredeemably unusable. Microsoft did a fairly god job of playing catch-up in IE 10 & 11, now they have finally improved till they only stink at offering useful features, intuitive UI, and correctly implemented rendering, but for all that it no longer crashes just TRYING to view the modern web.
Which helps the overabundance of WinXP users not at all, of course. They've started using Chrome instead, and liked it so much, when they get Win7 they install it there too.
That's still no excuse for claiming that it's a PC-level browser of course. And on both Android and iOS you can get Firefox and Google Chrome, iOS also has Safari, and many other spinoffs and customized versions, and they all do a VERY good job, the only difference between the PC and mobile device versions is they use a layout optimized for smaller screens.