When we released IE6Update, one of our motivations was our claim that most people don’t understand the difference between a browser and the Internet. Admittedly, we didn’t have any statistics to substantiate that assumption, and we were going on direct experience. Interestingly enough however, some Google employees in New York interviewed random individuals in Times Square and ask the question, “What is a browser?” Here’s what happened:
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My brain just leaked from my skull, through my ears, and is now dripping onto my shoulders.
I liked the guy who said, “I use Firefox…’cause my friend came over and erased all of my other browsers and told me ‘You’re using this now’.”
[...] Most people don’t know what a browser is… – Almost Done "When we released IE6Update, one of our motivations was our claim that most people don’t understand the difference between a browser and the Internet. Admittedly, we didn’t have any statistics to substantiate that assumption, and we were going on direct experience." Google went and got some person on the street data. (tags: google internet browsers internetexplorer ie microsoft search searchengines) [...]
Awesome. Conclusive proof that ie6update is completely pointless.
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