news.yahoo.com — Bill Gates admits that he made a mistake in waiting to build new innovations in its own browser technology, Internet Explorer. Now Microsoft is answering that challenge and is already looking ahead to the next two releases of IE...
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cpuguyMar 21, 2006
And why do you say that features can not be added easily to IE?For one, there are many browsers out there that have built onto Trident (IE's rendering engine) with all these features that are so "great" on Firefox (none of which, BTW, were pioneered on Firefox, all are copies). Two, Bill said himself, during his keynote, that they will be updating chrome (the front-end of IE) on a regular basis.
xoligyMar 21, 2006
Hahahahahahhaha. Your argument for MSIE being better than Firefox is security??? That's the whole reason I refuse to use MSIE.
bizerkcbusMar 21, 2006
Personally, as long as the IE 7 is better for developers, with regard to CSS rendering, I don't care how much MS Innovates. Being a web developer/designer I've dealt with the many bugs of IE, both in windows and on mac and I have hated the time spent getting IE to work right. IE used to be the best browser TO develop for, but those days are gone and now IE is just a pain in the arse. If with the release of IE7 they just fix a lot of the bugs with their CSS and makes my job easier, then I for one will praise MS.
conceptjunkieMar 21, 2006
Regardless of why MS is putting in new features, they are only doing it solely for business reasons, not to create the best tool for users. I don't begrudge MS wanting to make money or be the industry leader, but they have often done this at the expense of users rather than by simply providing the best product.When the IE vs. Netscape war first raged, I fell squarely on the side of MS because it was just better. Monopoly or no, IE was (eventually) better than Netscape. This time around I'm a Firefox man all the way. Before IE7, Internet Explorer had had little if any usability improvements in 6 years or more.Without Firefox and Safari, there would be no IE7, and for all the good features that IE7 might have, every decision of business vs. user will fall on the side of business. MS thinks they can strongarm the minor browsers by leveraging their 90% marketshare to flout the standards and give everyone who wants to use or support the alternatives more headaches. While that might make good business sense, it does not deliver a better experience to users or help contribute to a better and more advanced Internet as a whole. When "good for business" means "bad for the community" and "bad for customers", I think it's time for an ethical attitude adjustment. Unfortunately, the U.S. government has given MS a free pass on the anti-trust thing so the only thing we (i.e., the rest of the world) can do is to beat them at their own (original) game: building good software.
saskaMar 21, 2006
No, I don't have that problem with IE7B2. Those who say they have said problem probably were not smart enough to RTFM and uninstall B1 before installing B2.
gomjabbaarMar 21, 2006
You can save and manage your extensions list with MR Tech Local Install extension <a class="user" href="http://www.mrtech.com/extensions/local_install/">http://www.mrtech.com/extensions/local_install/</a>or <a class="user" href="https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=421&application=firefox">https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=421&application=firefox</a>
theone3Mar 21, 2006
Firefox's security prompts are endless. Both are as bad as eachother.
lord2800Mar 22, 2006
So in other words, you don't really *do* anything on the web except look at pictures and text. Way to go! Welcome to 7+ years ago.
recluseMar 22, 2006
Hmm I wonder if they will still use wonderful activeX...Just kidding.
gatowagMar 22, 2006
Story just hit 1337 hits... Sweet