{"id":417397,"date":"2010-03-11T16:19:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-11T21:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tech-news\/ballot-screen-internet-explorer-default-browser-check.html"},"modified":"2010-04-27T21:45:01","modified_gmt":"2010-04-28T01:45:01","slug":"browser-ballot-asks-users-to-set-ie-as-default-browser","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/417397","title":{"rendered":"Browser Ballot Asks Users To Set IE As Default Browser"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft&#8217;s attempt at appeasing the European Union seems to be falling apart at the core. The newly launched Browser Ballot screen seems to have a lot of problems.<\/p>\n<p>First of all the Browser Ballot screen was <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tech-news\/microsoft-tracking-browser-ballot-screen-downloads.html\" >tracking which browsers users installed<\/a> and also had <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/browsers\/reality-of-microsoft-browser-ballot-browser-saturday-3.html\" >6 out of the 12 browsers based on IE<\/a>. Now to add to that here is another twist in the Browser Ballot screen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; border-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; border-right: 0px\" title=\"Browser Ballot Set IE as Default\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Browser Ballot Set IE as Default\" src=\"http:\/\/cache.techie-buzz.com\/images\/postimg\/BrowserBallotAsksToSetIEAsDefaultBrowser_E3D2\/browser_ballot_ie_default.png\" width=\"405\" height=\"329\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>If you do not have IE as the default system browser, and open the browser ballot application, you will be prompted to set Internet explorer as the default browser. Now this is not a bug and maybe because Microsoft is using Internet explorer as the browser to display the ballot screen, and since it is not the default browser it might have triggered off the browser check option for IE.<\/p>\n<p>Not sure what people will make out of it, but we definitely have a very <a href=\"http:\/\/adrianer.jogger.pl\/2010\/03\/11\/browser-ballot-fail-asks-to-set-ie-as-the-default-browser\/\" >irate Mozilla intern<\/a> who is concerned about this.<\/p>\n<div style=\"font-size:12px\">\n<strong>Share:<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tech-news\/ballot-screen-internet-explorer-default-browser-check.html#commentrespond\" rel=\"bookmark\" >Comment on This Post<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?source=techiebuzz&#038;status=Browser%20Ballot%20Asks%20Users%20To%20Set%20IE%20As%20Default%20Browser%20http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F99DuUd%20via%20@techiebuzzer\" rel=\"bookmark\" >Tweet This<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tech-news\/ballot-screen-internet-explorer-default-browser-check.html\" rel=\"bookmark\" >Share on Facebook<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/post?url=http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tech-news\/ballot-screen-internet-explorer-default-browser-check.html&#038;title=Browser%20Ballot%20Asks%20Users%20To%20Set%20IE%20As%20Default%20Browser\" rel=\"bookmark\" >Save to Delicious<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stumbleupon.com\/submit?url=http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tech-news\/ballot-screen-internet-explorer-default-browser-check.html\" rel=\"bookmark\" >Stumble This<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/digg.com\/submit?phase=2&#038;url=http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tech-news\/ballot-screen-internet-explorer-default-browser-check.html&#038;title=Browser%20Ballot%20Asks%20Users%20To%20Set%20IE%20As%20Default%20Browser\" rel=\"bookmark\" >Digg This<\/a> |<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reddit.com\/submit?url=http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tech-news\/ballot-screen-internet-explorer-default-browser-check.html&#038;title=Browser%20Ballot%20Asks%20Users%20To%20Set%20IE%20As%20Default%20Browser\" rel=\"bookmark\" >Reddit This<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<div><strong style=\"font-size:11px;\">TAGS:<\/strong> <span style=\"text-transform:uppercase;font-size:11px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tag\/ballot-screen\" rel=\"tag\">Ballot Screen<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tag\/internet-explorer\" rel=\"tag\">Internet Explorer<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tag\/microsoft\" rel=\"tag\">Microsoft<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tag\/mozilla\" rel=\"tag\">Mozilla<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/small><\/div>\n<div style=\"background:#E1E1E1; border: dotted 1px; padding:5px; margin-top:5px;font-size:11px\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\/tech-news\/ballot-screen-internet-explorer-default-browser-check.html\" title=\"Browser Ballot Asks Users To Set IE As Default Browser\">Browser Ballot Asks Users To Set IE As Default Browser<\/a> originally appeared on <a href=\"http:\/\/techie-buzz.com\" title=\"Techie Buzz\">Techie Buzz<\/a> written by Keith Dsouza on Thursday 11th March 2010 04:19:00 PM. 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The newly launched Browser Ballot screen seems to have a lot of problems. First of all the Browser Ballot screen was tracking which browsers users installed and also had 6 out of the 12 browsers based on IE. 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