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by cicko 5 hours ago
Too many prompts and not an official API. Back in the day, IE also had tons of "great" and novel ideas, including COM+ something something.
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libria 4 hours ago
They also popularized XMLHttpRequest. Sometimes a flexible idea can trend to the greater ecosystem.
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steve1977 3 hours ago
ActiveX something something!
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