The code core of the 2001 browser upgrade campaign was the first instance of capability detection in place of browser detection.

Internet Explorer is not a stand-alone browser because the relevant integration occurred at the design stage. Internet Explorer is an integral feature (of Windows '95), like a shutter in a camera or a transmission in a car.

Your real objection is that they put the browser in the operating system -- you want it out, right?

Isn't it true that Netscape has actually increased the pace of new releases of its browser software as a result of Microsoft's browser software?

And what was Netscape's share of the browser market at the end of June 1997?

Those contracts were entered into when Microsoft had single-digit usage figures for browser software. Microsoft's contracts are not only completely unobjectionable, but pro-competitive because it reduced Netscape's dominance and gave consumers more choice.

Some people might speculate that Opera couldn't compete by charging when AOL, Apple, Microsoft, Mozilla and most other browser developers give away software for free. Not so. Just the opposite is true,

Netscape will have to spend more and do more to catch up ... But they still have 60 percent of the browser market share.

The browser is emerging as a major selling point for mobile phones today, and operators are seeing a significant increase in usage as more and more people are surfing the Web on their mobile devices.

I've disabled my Web browser until we are able to decide what we want to do. What do we want our policy to be?