Usability Views Article Details  home | timeline | recent | popular | e-reports | userati | books | about  The second browser war (15 Jul 2004) These improvements aside, one important question remains: why did Microsoft stop developing Internet Explorer? Why would a company so vocal about innovation cease work on perhaps the most used application in the world, and for nearly three years? The answer is not definitive, but the prevailing thinking points to the third aspect of the browser war: it is the beginning of an even larger, if deeply curious, battle for the domination of the entire computer industry. Article URL: http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1260994,00.html Read 30 more articles from guardian.co.uk sorted by date, popularity, or title. Next Article: The Telephone     This site is a labour of love built by Chris McEvoy