Thanks to shishyan for the heads up!
Take a trip to the preview site for Microsoft"s new homepage and you"ll notice a nice shiny new layout with a fresher look and feel to it, provided you"re using Internet Explorer.
In Firefox, Opera or a number of other third-party browsers the site simply redirects to the current homepage, even if you dress the browser up to appear to be Internet Explorer 6.0. Is this simply a preliminary bug-testing compatability period, or is there more method to Microsoft"s madness?
The growth of third-party alternatives to Microsoft"s once be-all-and-end-all browser has been phenomenal in the last few years, with recent reports claiming that a quarter of web users have switched to Firefox.
The exclusivity enjoyed by IE users isn"t particularly significant but is certainly food for thought.
See for yourself: