Re: A myopic and unrealistically narrow perspective on Microsoft IE.
"One, Microsoft Internet Explorer and Edge browsers have suffered substantially more bugs and breakage than Google Chrome and Mozilla Firefox. At least if one goes by results of Browser reliability and security reports from credible organizations."
You have that the wrong way round. Google Chrome and Firefox have had way more vulnerabilities and holes over time than both Edge and IE.
See for instance
http://www.cvedetails.com/product/3264/Mozilla-Firefox.html?vendor_id=452
http://www.cvedetails.com/product/15031/Google-Chrome.html?vendor_id=1224
and
http://www.cvedetails.com/product/32367/Microsoft-Edge.html?vendor_id=26
http://www.cvedetails.com/product/9900/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer.html?vendor_id=26