In my dreams? They'd do it the same way Apple did when they released Safari. "Here's our new official browser. It's not like any of the existing Mac browsers [1], but it's based on an open-source rendering engine and Steve Jobs likes it."
But, yeah, yeah, I hear you. That's a fantasy. Microsoft and their customers just do not work that way.
And my ire is indeed misplaced: Of Microsoft's three current browsers, IE8 is most likely the least of my problems. My problem is with IE6. I welcome anything that will help to further eliminate IE6 from my life, including IE8, Windows 7, and vigilante ninjas who sneak into people's houses at night with Firefox installers and stealthily upgrade their beige boxes.
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[1] Ironically, the best Mac browser of the time was IE.
But, yeah, yeah, I hear you. That's a fantasy. Microsoft and their customers just do not work that way.
And my ire is indeed misplaced: Of Microsoft's three current browsers, IE8 is most likely the least of my problems. My problem is with IE6. I welcome anything that will help to further eliminate IE6 from my life, including IE8, Windows 7, and vigilante ninjas who sneak into people's houses at night with Firefox installers and stealthily upgrade their beige boxes.
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[1] Ironically, the best Mac browser of the time was IE.