Microsoft began rolling out its Web browser choice screen, which lets European users of Windows 7 choose a browser other than Internet Explorer. Designed to settle the concerns of the European Commission, Europes antitrust regulatory body, the browser ballot screen is being praised by some companies but downplayed by others. One nonprofit organization is suggesting that the ballot screen needs to be instituted for Windows 7 users worldwide, while one browser company is complaining that the structure of the ballot screen favors browsers with more market share, such as Firefox and Chrome, at the expense of smaller players.
– Microsoft began introducing its quot;Web browser choice screen, quot; which
presents European users of Windows 7 with a randomized list of popular browsers
to choose from in addition to Internet Explorer, on March 1. The measure is
designed to assuage antitrust concerns over Internet Explorer 8 …