http://blogs.msdn.com/tonyschr/archive/2007/01/09/blogs.aspxMy coworker Jeff Davis posted about IE7 and the cyclical nature of blogging, especially for those of us working on things that haven't yet been publicly announced. It includes a great ship analogy, and having been on the "critical path" for most of IE7en-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/tonyschr/archive/2007/01/09/blogs.aspx#1445240Wed, 10 Jan 2007 20:09:26 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1445240CH<p>Why is MS so intent on pushing IE7 when all we hear about it is for the most part bad with ratings at best 3 stars (over 5)? </p> <p>The only good comments appear to come from the developers, which is unfortunately like patting yourself on the back because users aren't.</p> http://blogs.msdn.com/tonyschr/archive/2007/01/09/blogs.aspx#1448888Thu, 11 Jan 2007 07:53:58 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:1448888tonyschr<p>CH, I'm not sure what you're expecting. Do you not think that we should be proud of the product we've spent long hours on nearly every day for the past couple years?</p> <p>IE7 is a great improvement over IE6 in most respects. There are big changes that will require some adjustment, sure, but I'm convinced it's a strong net positive. Even better than that, we have good momentum and a great team for creating the next versions of IE. Even if you're a Firefox advocate this is good news because competition is a *good thing* and we'll all be better off for it. For this reason I personally hated that the IE team was disbanded way back when, but that is ancient history.</p> <p>Are there areas to improve upon? Absolutely, and we're working on many of them.</p> <p>Hmm... Maybe this should be like that Seinfeld episode where I now come to your workplace and anonymously heckle YOU. :)</p>