Microsoft reminds us that Internet Explorer can do more than
download other browsers (video) See that up there? It's called
inertia, and it's what the crew at Microsoft is trying to
overcome. For the past 17 years, Internet Explorer has been
little more than meme fodder and a litmus test of whether you
knew how to navigate the web -- and let's be honest, the
addition of the 'Go' button in IE5.5 only reinforced the stigma.
Sure, Internet Explorer 9 was a huge leap in the right
direction, but it's done little to restore the product's lousy
reputation or stem its dwindling user base. Fortunately,
Microsoft knows how to poke fun at itself, and the company's
latest ad campaign fundamentally screams: our product's no
longer awful, so please use it for something other than
downloading another browser. Yeah, it smacks of desperation, but
now that Mammon's awoke and realized, "Lo! It was naught but a
follower," we can appreciate its sense of humor. Follow the
break for a good laugh, and just for the hell of it, use IE