Pingie: HTTP:: Microsoft 039 s 039 Ballot Screen 039 Is Confusing Users

HTTP:: Microsoft 039 s 039 Ballot Screen 039 Is Confusing Users
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Microsoft's proposal for a “ballot screen” that should be included on its operating systems sold within the European Union hasn't been received as well as expected, it seems. According to the Wall Street Journal, the proposal sees a lot of criticism from different parties, while the European Committee for Interoperable Systems (ECIS) has argued that users would be confused by the ballot screen concept. Back in January 2009, the European Commission filed charges against Microsoft stating that the presence of Internet Explorer (IE) on Windows was violating antitrust regulations, and that the Redmond-based company should do something in this regard. What Microsoft proposed at that moment was to deliver its next client into the European Union without the web browser, and thus the Windows 7 E appeared. This proposal has not appealed to the Commission, and Microsoft came up with the ballot screen concept that should be included with the operating system, and which was supp!
osed to offer users the possibility to choose from a range of competitive browsers. However, the ballot screen was to come to Windows if the IE was set as the default browser on the OS. According to the ballot screen proposal, users would be offered the possibility to download Mozilla's Firefox, Apple's S...
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http://news.softpedia.com/news/Microsoft-039-s-039-Ballot-Screen-039-Is-Confusing-Users-122901.shtml
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