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IE7 Details Emerge
Varg Vikernes writes "Microsoft Watch has a story about new features we can expect in IE7 (code named 'Rincon') which they gathered through Microsoft's key partners. Apparently we can expect 32 bit PNG support, native IDN support, new functionality that will simplify printing from inside IE and, of course, tabbed browsing. The new browser also will likely include a built-in news aggregator. Apparently an important factor is security."
Security? Why?
I'm sick of this constant whining about IE6 and the constant Firefox preaching.
Yes, IE6 is an insecure piece of shit. Yes, it's unstable. Yes, Firefox has much better compatibility with standards, is more stable, etc. etc.
But you blind fanboys just don't understand a couple of things. Firefox is bloated. It renders slower than IE. It takes *ages* to come out of swap after you minimize it and go play a game. It uses insane amounts of RAM.
*Both* browsers could use some fixing up. Firefox is not the be-all, end-all of browsing.
Being a Firefox user myself, I don't use IE6 at all (except for the occasional Windows Update), but I'm not going to strike IE7 off as a POS before I even see it. I've read the first 15 comments here, and most of them are already making stupid fun of IE7, saying shit like "Isn't this Firefox from last year?" or "Is it that hard to re-brand Firefox?"
No, you fucktards. If anyone is capable of making a BETTER browser than Firefox, it's Microsoft. Do not underestimate Microsoft. If they want to do something, they can. They have the money and the people.
Shit. I'm going to have an aneurysm reading the retardity that comes from your keyboards.
Wait... so you're saying it won't allow itself to install?
Firefox becomes a research and development team for Microsoft. When it arrives, IE7 will be praised by the press as a step into the future.
Hey, it worked before. Just replace "Firefox" with "Apple" and "IE7" with "Windows XP".
it's kind of funny, though, how it is essentially our (as in the mostly-north-american-and-western-european readership of slashdot)'s lack of familiarity with the writing systems of the rest of the world that are getting us into this particular pickle.
And the only reason they can type it faster or more correctly is because the locale of the keyboard is set that way. German keyboards have accented letters on them to quickly type umlauts. Typing on a Belgian AZERTY board is a complete nightmare. And then there's the US-International setting which won't type apostrophes or quotes unless you hit space and turns 'm into umlauts and accents if you type a vowel. For the rest, it's Alt+Number.
Let's do the sensible thing and stick to that 7 bit ascii, because it'll work regardless of locale, keyboard settings and Alt-combinations. Every domain with alternative spelling will be one more to buy for the original corporation, one extra chance to scam people, one more opportunity for a lawyer to get richer. Every domain name backtranslated to the uglyness is harder to memorize - you might as well just make domain squatting a punishable offense by default.