Windows Longhorn and Internet Explorer 7

An anonymous reader writes "At Gnomedex this year, Microsoft is excited about the new RSS integration into Windows Longhorn and Internet Explorer 7. Screenshots of Internet Explorer 7 reveal how Microsoft has added a search tool to the top right of the browsing window similar to the one found in Safari/Firefox. Also, Microsoft revealed that RSS will be integrated into the heart of Longhorn."

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copying Apple

[phalse phace]

here come all the posts about how Microsoft are copying Apple again...

Shameless Copying

[drewfuss]

They are shamelessly copying us.

Re:What's better than screen shots?

[astrosmash]

It's quite ridiculous. They've taken a technology (RSS) that was invented 8 years ago and has been in common use since at least 2002, shamelessly ripped the UI from Apple (again), and it's still a year and a half away!

It's one thing for the marketing driods to try and hype something like this, but developers? Who the hell do they think their audience is?

Re:Possible Google lawsuit?

[j79]

This definition of Monopoly is better:

In economics, a monopoly (from the Greek monos, one + polein, to sell) is defined as a persistent market situation where there is only one provider of a kind of product or service. Monopolies are characterized by a lack of economic competition for the good or service that they provide, a lack of viable substitute goods, as well as high barriers to entry for potential competitors on the market.

Your statement, "Just because everyoen prefers Windows doesn't make it a monopoly", should say:
"Just because Microsoft has made it nearly impossible for anyone to choose an alternative to Windows, doesn't mean there aren't alternatives."
We know there are alternatives. How many consumers do you think nows anything besides Windows?
Hell, people won't buy anything besides Intel for the same reason they won't buy anything other than Windows. It's all they know - mainly because of Intel/Microsofts control. While not true for Intel, in the past, the combination of Microsoft/Intel made int nearly impossible for anyone to actually enter the field.

And I'm willing to bet that many people do not PREFER windows. They use Windows, because they HAVE to.

Remember, Microsoft was convicted of using their monopoly in a criminal way. Regardless of how you want to spin it (by listing various OSes), it is known that of the consumer desktop, 95% are running some form of Microsoft software. From Windows 3.1 to Windows XP, Microsoft has control.

So when a company like Microsoft decides that manufacturers like HP carry only Windows (or lose their right to license their OS), what do you think HP will do?

Or, what happens when 95% of the desktop users suddenly have a free browser bundled, right into the OS? Why, consumers use it, instead of going with the alternative (which, at one time, was Netscape) - hell, why download and pay for something, when you have a free version right there.

So you can see how suddenly, when a search engine by Microsoft is included into a browser which is built into the OS, some of us will look twice. /Sorry for grammar, spelling, rambling - too tired to think clearly.

Re:Looks like FireFox

[justforaday]

Hey troll, please explain HOW this makes more sense from a usability perspective. I've seen two or three posts from you saying "MS program managers made the decision based on usability tests," which as far as I'm concerned means jack shit. Give us several examples of how this came about as a usability decision...Go ahead, I'm waiting...