Internet Explorer’s 15th Anniversary: Will IE 9 be a celebration?

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Would you believe that Internet Explorer is celebrating its 15th Anniversary? The browser has been at the top for most of that time, its market share has decreased over time due to constant attacks from the likes of Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome.

Microsoft knows that they have had their ups and downs over the years, but hopes that IE 9 will be a vast improvement. We wonder if Internet Explorer will be celebrating another 15 years, or would the Internet have changed by then?

Stan Schroeder from Mashable explains that when IE was first launched in 1995 it got off to a slow start, it was not until version 3 that things really took off due to the fact that the browser was being shipped with Windows. Since then Internet Explorer has been the dominant force in the web browser market, with some version much better than others.

However, Microsoft hopes that IE9 will be the best yet, and looking at this early preview, things are certainly looking good.

Do you think that Internet Explorer 9 will be able to increase its market share over Firefox?