Classy Microsoft commercial makes us wish there was IE on Mac (NSFW)

Quincy Pince-Nez
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July 02, 2009
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Nice work by Crispen Porter Bogusky Bradley and Montgomery. They are in full backtracking mode now so this might dissapear from Youtube.

Perhaps she isn't a fan of the font rendering on IE?  Or maybe standards compliance?

Also when trying to find this youtube (they've been pulling them), we found this gem:

 

Comments (22)

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | July 02, 2009 - 4:36am

Amazingly creative ad. Why are they backtracking on this one? I wish they would develop a full-fledged campaign out of it.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | July 03, 2009 - 11:10am

Wow 9 to 5, gross, this commercial is terrible

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | July 02, 2009 - 4:38am

Close enough Microsoft. Mac users puke on entire Windows on that. (Ironic isn't it, the girl was actually puking at all other IE < IE 8)

Safari, Firefox rules gringos !

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | July 02, 2009 - 4:41am

What an amazingly creative ad. I wish instead of backtracking, they would develop this into a full-fledged campaign.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | July 02, 2009 - 4:57am

What an amazing ad! Now I'll always associate IE with vomit!

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | July 02, 2009 - 5:27am

private browsing in safari 4? i never touch IE, either safari or mozilla

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | July 02, 2009 - 5:45am

Shown in prime dinner time slots, I can just imagine how many people will really puke all over their laptop, husband or children.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | July 02, 2009 - 6:19am

... I am guessing more suited to European and Australasian audiences ;-)

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | July 02, 2009 - 6:23am

Isn't that Dean whats-his-name (i.e. Superman) from the Lois and Clark superman TV show 10+ years ago (the one where Terri Hatcher was Lois)

Lewis Dorigo (not verified) | July 02, 2009 - 7:19am

Dean Cain? Yup it is.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | July 02, 2009 - 6:32am

Actually this is pretty good for a MS ad. It almost made me laugh.

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | July 02, 2009 - 6:53am

It's a brilliant idea to come up with this ad while safari has had the private browsing feature for a long long time and just when firefox releases 3.5 which also has the feature...

now the three most used internetbrowsers all have the private browsing feature Microsoft comes with the commercial.......

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | July 02, 2009 - 8:13am

Yes, kinda reminds me of a cut/copy/paste ad I saw recently which was coined as "remarkable"

CV (not verified) | July 02, 2009 - 8:54am

According to CNET, this is not the work of Crispen Porter Bogus. It was created by Bradley and Montgomery, who also did the "Mojave Experiment."

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | July 02, 2009 - 10:19am

The name is Crispin Porter + Bogusky. And no, it's not their work..

Nightwatch (not verified) | July 02, 2009 - 11:34am

What was that web address again

"harry.........." LOL
:D

knubs (not verified) | July 02, 2009 - 11:39am

As a note, private browsing is good to use for other reasons:
1 you don't want your quest for information to clutter your history
2 you think it's ridiculous every website insists on giving you dozens of cookies
3 you keep cookies turned on for the websites that need it
4 you prefer to be tracked a wee bit less than the cookie venders do
5 you are shopping for someone and don't want them getting a clue
6 you truly are a $#!%^ and you are going to sites you don't want others to know about... but good for you for not subjecting them to it
7 you are testing some sites and this is quicker than clearing the history and cache files every few minutes
8 you think that private browsing keeps people sitting next to you from seeing what's on the screen
9 you use Vidalia or something similar, so you may as well
10 who cares, you wipe the drive and re-install every time after going on the net

But watching this commercial, i'm not sure private browsing would have done him any good if he had just been there, which you know he was. so...

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | July 02, 2009 - 3:54pm

i think this is a viral marketing campaign to promote their page www_dot_browserforthebetter_dot_com

Its all about http://tinyurl.com/la6udu
and http://tinyurl.com/n8oxz5 and the new ie. i think the video an youtube will stay.

Andras (not verified) | July 02, 2009 - 7:26pm

From Superman to superpuke in ten years... What a career!

I still don't know, what it's all about, but it's disgusting enough not to care.

Andras (not verified) | July 02, 2009 - 7:32pm

OK, I watched it again, it's about the 'Porn-mode' - private browsing feature. Safari had it for a while. In fact, I might be writing these lines by using it, I regularly switch it on for tech blogs, so when I visit porn sites, my MacBook only remembers the filth and whatever else in good in life.

Hans (not verified) | July 03, 2009 - 11:51am

Here's the real Advertisement:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hATYvUPX8k8

Check it Out *laugh*

9to5Mac Noob (not verified) | July 03, 2009 - 7:02pm

2 girls 1 cup... gross