This week Microsoft is going to release Windows 10. For us web developers this is important, because for the first time since Windows 95 SR1, Internet Explorer will no longer be the default browser.

I thought now would be an appropriate time to say goodbye to Internet Explorer. During a NLHTML5 meetup last Thursday I looked back at the early days of Internet Explorer and explored an unexpected premise: Internet Explorer really was a good browser…

Slides are available on Speakerdeck.