IE 7.0 to suck less than before
Category: Tech...
Posted Wednesday, March 16, 2005 at 10:35 PM [GMT-6]

[Apologies to Jasmine for the post title, but some subjects just can't be approached in any other fashion.]

Microsoft Watch reports that the upcoming release of Internet Explorer will contain some breathtakingly cutting-edge features such as (are you sitting down?) tabbed browsing, transparent PNG support and (possibly) an integrated RSS reader. It will also include "security improvements" which presumably will mean that fewer than 9 out of 10 users will have their personal data put at extreme risk by using the browser.

In a shocking surprise, [Ed. -- You're not at your best when you're so sarcastic, you know?] the article reports that Microsoft will not embrace CSS 2 "in its entirety."

<sigh> If this was any other company, the operative phrase would be "too little, too late." Since it's Microsoft, watch for IE's market share to rise again to 95%+ as people continue to settle for "good enough."

But I'm not bitter. I love table-based layouts.

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Sad how people continue to live with IE. Some one told me he hated IE but stayed with it cause he was weary of free browsers...Very Sad!

I am going to do the photograph thingy by the way...It just may take me a few days!

Posted by: Rachel at March 17, 2005 12:21 AM

Rachel, wonder how that person rationalizes the fact that IE is also free?!

I look forward to seeing your photo montage...

Posted by: Eric at March 17, 2005 06:32 AM

I hate that I'm stuck using IE at work. Firefox is such a better product.

Posted by: jen at March 17, 2005 08:51 AM

Well, if there's a silver lining in the dark cloud of IE, it's that folks like you who have no choice may well find that IE 7 is a bit more palatable.

Posted by: Eric at March 17, 2005 08:55 AM

Eric, hes comfortable with IE, knows it and that how he rationalises it. He just read this article about how free programmes usually come with a lot of spyware...He applies this to firefox. He's checking with his brother the computer techie (hopefully he shows him the light lol).

Posted by: Rachel at March 17, 2005 03:31 PM

There's a certain segment that are never going to move up, no matter how much the old way sucks. My in-laws had a rotary phone until two years ago. Their kids bought them a cell phone for christmas, and they haven't even turned it on.

I suspect there's a similar human trait active in the IE laziness.

Posted by: BRYAN at March 20, 2005 08:20 PM
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