After a long stand off between Microsoft and other browser developers such as Google and Mozilla in Europe over Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 8 browser ballot screen, the internet behemoth has finally succumbed to the European Union anti-trust regulators’ demands and has made significant changes to the IE8 in respect to the ballot screen.

Opera, Mozilla and Google had requested the EU regulators earlier this year, to enforce certain parameters on Microsoft in regards to Internet Explorer 8. where the petitioning conglomerate wanted the order of the choice of browsers to be randomized and furthermore, there was also a request for Microsoft to develop a separate application, that would provide the users with the list of browsers they wish to use on their computers.

The browser war initiated in the year 2007 when Opera accused Microsoft’s of sabotaging the competition, since it had bundled the IE 8 in the Windows operating system and thus gaining an unfair advantage. Seeking to end this conflict, the European anti-trust regulators pressurized Microsoft to give options to the consumers, wherein they would decide which browser they would prefer to use.

As per the sources close to the negotiations, Microsoft has relented to the growing scrutiny and pressure and had decided to officially provide the chance of opting the top five browsers, Opera, Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer and Apple Safari for the users.

Via PC World.