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> I’m saying that the iPad is the new IE6 because we are expecting it to be something that it isn’t, the same way that we were expecting that IE6 would have the same features/performance/reliability than the latest versions of Firefox/Safari.

This makes no sense, IE6 was released 3½ years before the first version of Firefox, and was really the best web browser at the time.

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This just sounds like the author came into the mix long after IE6 starting showing its age, and knows nothing except for people complaining about how much it sucks compared to the latest versions of Firefox and/or Safari.

The analogy still falls flat on its face because what people expected IE6 to be (by the time Firefox and Safari were around) was improved/updated, which it wasn't because Microsoft disbanded the development team (and only decided to get back into the game when their dominance started to crumble).

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