Microsoft has had “passionate” discussions about renaming Internet Explorer, according to answers from members of the developer team given in a Reddit session today.
As many still regard the browser with contempt, Arstechnica said that renaming the browser could be seen as a way of breaking from the past and distancing the new, actively maintained, standards-driven browser from this legacy.
The team was asked if it had considered such a renaming, and the answer was yes. The browser developers didn’t completely rule out the possibility for the future, either, noting that the discussion was “very recent” and asking rhetorically “Who knows what the future holds :)”
