![]() ![]() On top of that, who determines which browsers will be available on the list? Opera, Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Internet Explorer will be on there, surely. Mozilla did the hard work to get people to rethink their choice of browsers and switch to Firefox, and now other browser makers – Opera in particular – are trying to leech off Mozilla’s hard work. As Mozilla has clearly shown over the past few years, people are more than willing to change browsers, as long as you make a product that they want. We’ve discussed this possible “solution” before on OSNews, and my opinion on it is unchanged: it’s a silly and pointless “solution” that solves absolutely nothing, and only serves as a cheap means for other browser makers to get their browsers on people’s machines. The Commission welcomes this proposal, and will now investigate its practical effectiveness in terms of ensuring genuine consumer choice. In addition OEMs would be able to install competing web browsers, set those as default and disable Internet Explorer should they so wish. Under the proposal, Windows 7 would include Internet Explorer, but the proposal recognises the principle that consumers should be given a free and effective choice of web browser, and sets out a means – the ballot screen – by which Microsoft believes that can be achieved. Under this preferred method, Internet Explorer would ship with Windows, but a browser ballot screen would be included so that users can choose a browser. This was the method preferred by the European Commmission to restore browser competition in the marketplace. ![]() In a statement from the European Commission, the Commission confirms that Microsoft has proposed a browser ballot to be included in Windows which would allow users to pick a browser from a pre-determined list. The EU and Opera, however, were not impressed, and now Microsoft has caved in to the pressure. Microsoft surprised everyone in June by announcing that Windows 7 would ship without Internet Explorer in Europe, a move it had hoped would silence the EU. We all know how the EU and Microsoft are in a legal tussle over the inclusion of Internet Explorer with Windows. The browser saga between Microsoft, the EU, and various browser makers just got a new chapter. ![]()
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