Well support also means security patches. It means that updates to other parts of the system will not break IE. Like installing XP SP3 will not force you to install IE8 and Windows Update will work with IE6.
If you don't consider this support just consider IE6 unsupported since IE7 was released.
I bet freetards are more pissed by the fact that millions of intelligent people some of which hate Micro$oft choose to use and pay for their product instead of downloading free software.:)
Yes Microsoft heard the news 2 weeks ago and decided that they needed concurent programming language to counter it so they hacked one in 2 weeks.
And btw what is the concurrent language that already exists for the.NET platform?
"Java or C++ over C# because they are better documented, more standards compliant"
Really? How is that? My experience shows that C# is much better documented and as standards compliant as Java. However we're on/. so I guess C# automatically loses 50% documentation points here.
You can set the user-agent string if that is what you are asking for. I am sure IE8 fully emulates IE7 and it also uses quirks mode (which is IE6) but I don't know how much that differs from IE6 but I have yet to see any differences.
You can in fact edit the CSS on the fly with dev toolbar, but here is an advice from me: IE8 is the best browser for web DEVELOPERS (I won't argue about users although I do use it when I'm not developing)
To answer the inevitable question "Why?" 1. The new development tools are comparable with Firebug. Probably Firebug is still ahead but you will rarely need functions that the new dev tools do not have. You've got the CSS editor, DOM inspector, JavaScript debugger and Profiler. 2. You've got 3 rendering modes that you can switch through the dev tools. IE6, IE7, IE8. So you need to debug IE6 specific problem? What are you gonna do? Firebug is no gonna help you. What about IE7? The new dev tools do work with IE6 and IE7 modes. On the other hand IE8 mode is close enough to the so called "standards compliant" browsers (yes I don't believe in standards and I think W3C are full of shit). At least the differences between IE8 and Firefox are comparable with the difference between Firefox and Chrome or Firefox and Opera. So IE8 is as good as any other browser in regard to the standards. To sum it up you get 3 different rendering engines in one browser and no other browser can debug the first 2 rendering engines (IE6 and IE7) which happen to be the problem in most cases.
To StarCraft 2 guys:
Do you intend to provide any API for third party developers to get player profiles, single game information, etc. from Battle.net? This will allow the creation of better fansites and custom ladders.
To StarCraft II guys:
Are you going to release some specification of the replay format for StarCraft II so that software can easily analyze it? Software like BWChart that measures different game statistics can greatly benefit from that. Also websites that allow replays to be uploaded would be able to easily (i.e. no reverse engineering needed) extract informatio from the replays.
Well there are many gamers with money that dream of going "pro" or just want to copy the "pro". While pro gamers will probably spend that much money on gear they are usually addicted to their gear and will not buy new one unless the old breaks. I doubt any pro gamer upgrades his gear when new one appears on the market. However the pro wannabes do.
Let's face it: the old fools who have no idea what video gaming is all about are dying off by the minute and those people who actually value video games because they recognize the entertainment valued provided by them, should be around for quite a while to carry that torch. HAHA! We're coming for you obsolete clowns.
Microsoft are just a non profit organization whose goal is to help orphans.
Someone edit the Wikipedia article on Hellgate to reflect these news and see if they are gonna whitewash it. They did the same thing with the new Battlefield. Not to mention that for the last 10 years they've been selling the same FIFA, Need For Speed, NHL, NBA, etc. games and pretending they were new.
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Well support also means security patches. It means that updates to other parts of the system will not break IE. Like installing XP SP3 will not force you to install IE8 and Windows Update will work with IE6. If you don't consider this support just consider IE6 unsupported since IE7 was released.
I think Google is the most likely. Or maybe the most widely spread botnet - Skype(net)?
Some technology disabled in some laptop is somehow presented as Windows flaw! Sometimes I am amazed by your journalism skills.
Is that bad? Since when 40% deployment rate in the first year is considered bad for any OS?
I bet freetards are more pissed by the fact that millions of intelligent people some of which hate Micro$oft choose to use and pay for their product instead of downloading free software. :)
Yes Microsoft heard the news 2 weeks ago and decided that they needed concurent programming language to counter it so they hacked one in 2 weeks. And btw what is the concurrent language that already exists for the .NET platform?
which challenged Microsoft's dominance in the application-development market
and then Microsoft bought Anders (Hallowed be His name)...
"Java or C++ over C# because they are better documented, more standards compliant" Really? How is that? My experience shows that C# is much better documented and as standards compliant as Java. However we're on /. so I guess C# automatically loses 50% documentation points here.
You can set the user-agent string if that is what you are asking for. I am sure IE8 fully emulates IE7 and it also uses quirks mode (which is IE6) but I don't know how much that differs from IE6 but I have yet to see any differences.
You can in fact edit the CSS on the fly with dev toolbar, but here is an advice from me: IE8 is the best browser for web DEVELOPERS (I won't argue about users although I do use it when I'm not developing)
To answer the inevitable question "Why?"
1. The new development tools are comparable with Firebug. Probably Firebug is still ahead but you will rarely need functions that the new dev tools do not have. You've got the CSS editor, DOM inspector, JavaScript debugger and Profiler.
2. You've got 3 rendering modes that you can switch through the dev tools. IE6, IE7, IE8. So you need to debug IE6 specific problem? What are you gonna do? Firebug is no gonna help you. What about IE7? The new dev tools do work with IE6 and IE7 modes. On the other hand IE8 mode is close enough to the so called "standards compliant" browsers (yes I don't believe in standards and I think W3C are full of shit). At least the differences between IE8 and Firefox are comparable with the difference between Firefox and Chrome or Firefox and Opera. So IE8 is as good as any other browser in regard to the standards. To sum it up you get 3 different rendering engines in one browser and no other browser can debug the first 2 rendering engines (IE6 and IE7) which happen to be the problem in most cases.
You'll thank me later.
People who don't own a computer cannot watch the stream. Outrageous!
oh come on this have been asked like million times and is explained in every single FAQ that Karune posts on Battle.net forums.
To StarCraft 2 guys: Do you intend to provide any API for third party developers to get player profiles, single game information, etc. from Battle.net? This will allow the creation of better fansites and custom ladders.
To StarCraft II guys: Are you going to release some specification of the replay format for StarCraft II so that software can easily analyze it? Software like BWChart that measures different game statistics can greatly benefit from that. Also websites that allow replays to be uploaded would be able to easily (i.e. no reverse engineering needed) extract informatio from the replays.
Well there are many gamers with money that dream of going "pro" or just want to copy the "pro". While pro gamers will probably spend that much money on gear they are usually addicted to their gear and will not buy new one unless the old breaks. I doubt any pro gamer upgrades his gear when new one appears on the market. However the pro wannabes do.
I vote for Bill Roper. He is not important since he left Blizzard though.
Microsoft are just a non profit organization whose goal is to help orphans. Someone edit the Wikipedia article on Hellgate to reflect these news and see if they are gonna whitewash it. They did the same thing with the new Battlefield. Not to mention that for the last 10 years they've been selling the same FIFA, Need For Speed, NHL, NBA, etc. games and pretending they were new.
FUTURAMA! (Well it was not what turned me on but I thing it is what will work nowadays)