Internet Explorer is evil (1996)
&quot;In conclusion, people are finally beginning to understand the hard way:<p>Web Browsers really make poor client application runtimes for all but the most basic of things.
ActiveX is a security nightmare and counter to making cross-platform applications.
The web is a constantly changing and evolving standard separate from Microsoft or any specific operating system, as such implementing an application for just one specific browser and version with no intent to keep it updated is just asking for disaster.
Tying local help files or other local content to a &quot;live&quot; web browser that may change in functionality is a bad idea.<p>But, nobody ever listened to anything I have to say.&quot;<p>Narrator: And nobody listened to anything he said.