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Albatross! Albatross!

In honor of John C. Dvorak's wildly misled article comparing Internet Explorer to a dead albatross, I decided it was time for a name change.

Two choc-ices, please.  Albatross!

Published Friday, April 28, 2006 10:11 AM by cwilso

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Friday, April 28, 2006 2:59 PM by Glazblog

# Dvorak

A few days ago, I wrote "the guys working [at Microsoft] do have fun - I know quite a bunch of people there - and they're probably laughing at Dvorak today".
Well... Confirmed today :-)...
Saturday, April 29, 2006 4:19 AM by funTomas

# re: Albatross! Albatross!

Avian flue. Yeah, you'd better swap the picture with something found here:
http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&q=dead+albatros&btnG=Search
I definitely agree with J.C.Dvorak, that the whole IE development has gone a wrong way.
Saturday, April 29, 2006 8:02 PM by PatriotB

# re: Albatross! Albatross!

Interestingly, Dvorak *was* right about some things.  He suggested that MS "discontinue all IE development"--which it seems that MS really did do for many years, until the IE7 resurgance.

He also talks about it being a "blunder" that IE was "linked" into the OS; with IE7, the "integration" with Windows seems to be largely dissolved.  It's still a Windows component, but a largely independent one.  IE7 could be removed without effecting the Windows Shell one bit.

But he is wrong overall.  I'm glad to see IE being a focus of MS again.  Plus, Protected Mode in Vista will essentially eliminate the security issues he brings up.
Friday, January 26, 2007 12:30 AM by trmadol

# 10023

I always have terrible trouble with comment-related plugins that require me to put some line in the comment loop; I can never seem to find the right spot. Can anyone tell me where I should put the php line in my comments loop? I haven not modified anything much, and I would be very grateful. Thanks!

Friday, January 11, 2008 6:45 AM by bilgi yarışması

# re: Albatross! Albatross!

Interestingly, Dvorak *was* right about some things.  He suggested that MS "discontinue all IE development"--which it seems that MS really did do for many years, until the IE7 resurgance.

Sunday, January 20, 2008 7:48 AM by LFERC

# re: Albatross! Albatross!

I always have terrible trouble with comment-related plugins that require me to put some line in the comment loop; I can never seem to find the right spot. Can anyone tell me where I should put the php line in my comments loop? I haven not modified anything much, and I would be very grateful. Thanks!

Sunday, January 20, 2008 7:48 AM by Meubelstoffering

# re: Albatross! Albatross!

Interestingly, Dvorak *was* right about some things.  He suggested that MS "discontinue all IE development"--which it seems that MS really did do for many years, until the IE7 resurgance.

He also talks about it being a "blunder" that IE was "linked" into the OS; with IE7, the "integration" with Windows seems to be largely dissolved.  It's still a Windows component, but a largely independent one.  IE7 could be removed without effecting the Windows Shell one bit.

But he is wrong overall.  I'm glad to see IE being a focus of MS again.  Plus, Protected Mode in Vista will essentially eliminate the security issues he brings up.

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