Comments on: When Internet Explorer passed Netscape for the first time https://dfarq.homeip.net/when-internet-explorer-passed-netscape-for-the-first-time/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=when-internet-explorer-passed-netscape-for-the-first-time David L. Farquhar on technology old and new, computer security, and more Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:36:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: Luyd Freitas https://dfarq.homeip.net/when-internet-explorer-passed-netscape-for-the-first-time/#comment-57891 Sat, 03 Oct 2026 12:36:58 +0000 https://dfarq.homeip.net/?p=35936#comment-57891 It shocks me how inert people were in continuing to adopt Internet Explorer back then; it was clearly an outdated browser and a cesspool of spyware, clearly designed to have zero security and deviate from web standards.

As soon as Firefox came out, I tested it on my old Pentium 2 with Windows 98, and it ran perfectly. When I upgraded to Windows 2000, I noticed that it improved performance even on an older system, so I’ve abandoned IE forever since then.

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