Answering a question about whether Microsoft ever considered "rebranding and changing the name of Internet Explorer," the team conceded that it has -- and is.
"It's been suggested internally," the team commented. "Plenty of ideas get kicked around about how we can separate ourselves from negative perceptions that no longer reflect our product today."
As recently as "a few weeks ago," the Internet Explorer team said there was "a particularly long email thread where numerous people were passionately debating it.