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Users and Web Developers Vent Over IE7

Posted by samzenpus on from the do-you-feel-better-now dept.

Spinlock_1977 writes "ComputerWorld is running a story about developers frustration with IE 7, and Microsoft's upcoming plans (or lack thereof) for it. From the article, "But the most pointed comment came from someone labeled only as dk. You all continue to underestimate the dramatic spillover effect this poor developer experience has had and will continue to have on your other products and services. Let me drive this point home. I am a front-end programmer and a co-founder of a start-up. I can tell you categorically that my team won't download and play with Silverlight ... won't build a Live widget ... won't consider any Microsoft search or ad products in the future.""

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  1. Enough already by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    Instead of wasting our time with crazy back-patting uselessness, will Microsoft please just admit defeat and close up development of IE and hand it over to people who care about the Web and handle it properly? I have wasted too many hours developing sites to work in IE7 that work without further modification in every other browser.

  2. wow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    a negative post about IE7. must be a slow news day here at slashdot.