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1. Comment - Microsoft to Update IE7 for MIX Confab

   (Mar 18, 2006 - 12:05 AM)

   cowgaR, you said what I couldn't...thank you.thank you. All I could do was rant with my frustration...

2. Comment - Microsoft to Update IE7 for MIX Confab

   (Mar 18, 2006 - 12:03 AM)

   "The important thing about this release is that no further layout changes will be made for IE 7.0," said IE developer Cyra Richardson in an Expert Chat last week."
   
   I can see why they want to keep it simple and work on it as they go to ensure its compatibility but they are refering to the GUI which, in my beta tested opinion could use some work. And they claim it to be the important thing. Nice.
   
   The functionality is a bit better with tabs but they cut off a lot of simple gestures that make browsing easy. "Oversimplified", were not all 2nd graders.
   If they can take a cue from competitive browsers like Opera and Firefox for tabs then maybe they could also accept some user 'input' for allowing editable personal bars or at least offer mouse gestures to allow us easy shortcuts to the links we lost. With Opera (my favorite) I got used to using one hand on the mouse (gestures) and one for quick typing...plus everything I need is in fron of me PLUS I can hide tool bars when not needed. THAT is convienience, not deleting them all.
   
   IE isnt bad but we expect a little more from a leader of its field and Microsoft has fallen behind in all fields but Xbox 360 lately(I havent tested but intuition tells..and they really have fallen behind - their MP3 player isnt even out yet giving ipod 2yrs head start, wow thats our 'on top of the market' OS provider for ya).
   
   They are obviously afraid of compatibility issues if they already offer IE7 plugins for IE6 when IE7 isnt out of beta yet. I feel bad for the future of PC and Web Developers.