on Missing the Mark

I was a "Child of the 90's."For some reason, Microsoft has decided this is a fantastic reason for me to use their browser, Internet Explorer. Their latest commercial attempts to connect fads of the decade and using their product, which for me, were years apart.[youtube=http://youtu.be/qkM6RJf15cg]The first time I remember anyone using Internet Explorer, with any regularity, was after 1998. Until then most people were connected to the internet using a portal like AOL, and its built-in browser. Even then, there were other options - Netscape was popular as well.Everything in this IE commercial, for me, was happening years before the internet was around. I definitely was not wearing light-up shoes, or playing with POGS, at the same time that I was using Napster. I didn't have a 'fanny-pack' and a 56k modem at the same time, and I wasn't dying of dysentery on the Oregon Trail moments before I did my first Google search on IE.That said, they did a good job of showing the biggest trends for kids of the age (but they forgot to give a shout out to Magic: The Gathering.)