Another Charming IE 8 Advertisement
July 1st, 2009 | Topics: Design, General Geek@mynameispj (my co-editor from back in the high school newspaper days) sent me this on Twitter after reading my take on the Internet Explorer/Nickelback thing:
Seriously. I’m reposting this because it’s beyond absurd. Really, Microsoft? Really?
He was talking about this link, on CNET. The headline reads: “Microsoft resorts to vomit to market IE 8.”
I wish it didn’t but it does. The article contains this ad:
Yes, you did just see what you think you saw.
The ad is actually for the “Browser for the Better” campaign, which is a partnership between Microsoft and Feeding America in which they will give 8 meals away for every copy of IE 8 that is download.
Microsoft, I’ll download your browser for my PC—not use it, mind you—just to help someone out. But that ad is just about the weirdest thing you could have done.
