[keithwarren]

I was doing webdev in the 90s when Netscape Navigator was king.

I have always believed that Microsoft won the browser war, less because of integration with Windows and more because IE4 was so much better. It was generations ahead of Netscape and they focused on making a canvas for developers (excuse the HTML5 pun).

Lots of the 'Microsoft ignores standards' crowd were Netscape centric people who did not like that with IE4 Microsoft tried lots of new stuff but in hindsight this forward push propelled the idea of the web as a platform for development.

Most people using the internet today never used IE4, they were not there and have no clue how big a deal it was.