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Originally Posted by Faterson
Internet Explorer is dumb and lame, as ever. The first prerequisite I demand of any desktop browser: ability to customise keyboard shortcuts. If a desktop browser doesn't have that, it's worthless for me. Of course IE doesn't have that; that feature would be too smart for it.
My default desktop browser since the 1990s has been Opera. Beware: Opera on mobile devices (including its newest iteration, Coast) is trash; its real counterparts on iOS, in terms of smartness, are browsers like Atomic Web Browser, Mercury or Dolphin.
Wishful thinking! 
History guarantees nothing, my friend. Just look at the glorious history of Nokia or BlackBerry. Where are they today? In tatters.
I disagree; I have found all productivity apps on iOS that I need. But I have not found them on Android.
The biggest weakness of iOS, to me, is the one you alluded to: inability to customise keyboard layouts. That, along with user profiles, is what I would have appreciated getting as part of iOS 7 -- instead of the trashy cosmetics.  |
You are all over the place here. Forgive me for not bothering to break it all out.
You discredit IE for desktop features as you compare it to iPad browsers. That's rather ridiculous, don't you think?
You dismiss all that Microsoft has put together with no reason given. The fact is they have perhaps the most complete and capable portfolio of anybody right now. I've brought that up already so I won't rehash it.
You compare Microsoft to Blackberry and Nokia. The fact is, those companies are not even close to what Microsoft is. Do you know who is most similar right now to those companies that had a limited portfolio and didn't keep their products up to date? You should.
You are correct in that history does not gaurantee anything. But I don't see why their money and business tactics can't revive them. Whether you want to admit it or not, they have a lot of great products out right now.
There is not a lot more to say. Again I apologize for continually responding to this on an iOS thread, but there were several misconceptions that needed to be cleared up. Since it has now devolved into personal preferences and speculation, I'll stop. After all, personal preference should be the basis for any decision and there's nothing wrong with that, so long as it is formed by facts rather than assumptions based on outdated information.