 Microsoft
have pulled a pukey advert for private browsing mode introduced for
their internet browser IE8.
A woman borrows her husband's computer, visits a curious link in his
Internet browser history (presumably porn), and vomits all over her
husband. Then Dean Cain shows up and tells the viewer how to avoid such
situations by using IE8's private-browsing mode.
Anyway, Microsoft has pulled the advertisement - as much as you can from
the Internet. The ad, as you can tell, is still available on YouTube and
other places, though not through Microsoft. It was also taken off of
BrowserForTheBetter.com, which is Microsoft's IE8 promotional Web site.
Microsoft apparently got a slew of complaints about the video.
We make a point of listening to our customers, a Microsoft
spokesperson said in an e-mail to CNET News: We created the OMGIGP
video as a tongue-in-cheek look at the InPrivate Browsing feature of
Internet Explorer 8, using the same irreverent humor that our customers
told us they liked about other components of the Internet Explorer 8
marketing campaign. While much of the feedback to this particular piece
of creative was positive, some of our customers found it offensive, so
we have removed it.
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Microsoft
internet explorer version 8 will have a new feature the private browsing
mode also known as the porn mode. This feature provides special privacy
when browsing porn sites.
Google
have jumped the gun on Microsoft who announced a porn mode facility for
the next release of their Internet Explorer browser. Google have just
released their new browser, Chrome, featuring similar functionality.
