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Interview with Microsoft Exec on IE7 and RSS
AvianFlugelhorn writes "BetaNews has posted an interview with Gary Schare, Director of IE Product Management, which touches on the changes coming in IE7, Firefox's growth, and how Microsoft will bring RSS to the mainstream. It's interesting to see Schare become more humble since a November 2004 interview, when he questioned whether Firefox could attract more than just early adopters. Now, Microsoft says: 'we respect the work that the Firefox guys have done.' Schare also admits problems with ActiveX and explains why Microsoft will revolutionize RSS." Couple of days old, but still interesting.
So will Firefox users have any respect for IE7 as a capable browser (if it proves to be so)?
I didn't realize Slashdot posted things so recent...
"Quite often when you see an IE patch coming out, it's not actually a patch to IE code. It's a patch to kill the ActiveX control that's no longer needed, which we've determined has a vulnerability in it. ActiveX Opt-in is designed to reduce that surface area of attack by turning off most of those controls by default and letting users only turn them on if they need them. The feature makes it not interesting for the hackers to go after this legacy code that shouldn't be exposed to the Internet in the first place."
So we've enhanced the functionality of IE by ramping up the number of programmers on the project, which is a normal function of software development at Microsoft but I can't give you specifics, to add new features to IE7... new features like... ActiveX Opt-In (tm), with ActiveX Opt-In, we've enhanced the rich browsing experience the users are used to by increasing the security model of the IE7 browser functionality through better security measures.
And these security measures are?
We turned the problematic ActiveX controls off.
But wait how this is new functionali...
Top. Men.
"Schare also admits problems with ActiveX"
Heh, that reminds me of a typical parody-movie scene a-la Airplane..
"Well yes, the house has a tiny little problem with pests..."
(stampede of rats runs on the background)
"And a little problem with the electrical installation..."
(Suddenly an electric cable in the wall catches fire)
"But overall, the house is fine"
(the roof falls down)
Perhaps because the French are so insecure in their abilities that they must proclaim themselves at the forefront of technology, when in fact, they are not. Le courier?
Perhaps it is the smugness emoted by French speakers when their language is not used properly. These same French speakers find it all to easy to improperly use others' languages.
Perhaps because the French helped the Germans immensely by surrendering so easily. And then, after the Allies arrived, 'helped' to defeat the Germans.
Perhaps because the French think that they are a single race of people.
Or, maybe it is because Monty Python so successfully ridiculed the French.
Cheers
MS Guy: We added tabbed browsing and upped our CSS support to what was published in 2000.
Every web dev on earth: Good for you, now how about DOM2?
MS Guy: But... but... tabbed browsing!
There is nothing wrong with being gay. It's getting caught where the trouble lies.
Opera is too complicated!
Long live Lynx!
120 characters for a sig? That's bloody useless.
For sale: WW II era French rife, never used, dropped only once.
"In the early days, we admit, we focused more on the power and stability than on the security."
Might wanna focus a little harder, man. =O