BrowserChoice.eu

Screenshot of browser choice screen initially showing five leading browsers in a random order. The user can scroll across the page to reveal some more possible browsers in another random order.

BrowserChoice.eu was a website created by Microsoft in March 2010 following a decision in the European Union Microsoft competition case. The case involved legal proceedings by the European Union against Microsoft and found that, by including Internet Explorer with their market-dominant Windows operating system, Microsoft had used this dominance to create a similar market position in the web browser market. The BrowserChoice.eu website was created to allow users that had not made, or were unaware of, a choice to try other browsers, and thus comply with the European Commission's ruling.

However, Microsoft's obligation to display the Browser Choice screen to Windows users expired in December 2014.[1] The BrowserChoice.eu website was discontinued as early as the next year, showing a notice advising users to "[visit] the websites of web browser vendors directly", before going offline completely.[2]

  1. ^ Bright, Peter (18 December 2014). "Windows Browser Ballot comes to an end as EC obligation expires". Ars Technica. Condé Nast. Retrieved 18 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Information Regarding Web Browsers". Microsoft. Archived from the original on 2 February 2015. Retrieved 18 December 2014.