November 17, 2004 5:40 PM PST
Microsoft says IE updates possible
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The company has been steadfast in its insistence that it won't issue a new standalone IE, which saw its last major upgrade in August 2001. After sustaining a series of security crises with IE, Microsoft issued a major upgrade with the Windows XP Service Pack 2. But that IE update is
Microsoft has insisted that all hands are too busy working on the much-delayed operating system under development--called
"That's an avenue for Microsoft to add to IE," said Gary Schare, Microsoft's director of product management for Windows. "Longhorn is the primary focus, and anything that detracts from it is looked at with a lot of scrutiny. That said, the add-on mechanism is pretty robust and pretty easy to develop to. It's an option, though we have no specific plans to do it."
Schare, who has made prior comments on the add-on possibility first reported by Microsoft Watch, said not all features could work as IE add-ons. Tabbed browsing, for example, wouldn't qualify.
The company's Windows Marketplace recently launched a
Schare said activity was brisk at the new add-on site, with about 1,000 add-ons listed since the site launched.
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Who do they think they are kidding? They are running scared and are about to be steamrolled into oblivion.
I hope you people are happy -- what with your Internet browsing and your open sourcing and your freedom of choice. You should be ashamed of yourselves for bringing Microsoft down to have to deal with us -- the lowest rung on the economic ladder.
(kicking and screaming) into any sort of innovation where they
have already cornered a market. As more and more customers
look for viable alternatives to M$ and their market share starts
to dwindle, it will only mean good things for the public. As we
have seen time and time again, competition breeds innovation.
Where people allow Microsoft to maintain dominance they
effectively choose a path that leads to stagnation. Can you
imagine what would happen if Microsoft had 95% market share
with the XBox or any other of their business units?
1) Why does it crashes so often?
2) Why is it so susceptible to spyware?
3) Why is it so slow?
The aftermath of the "browser lawsuit" has lead Netscape to go back to its lab and rekindle new and innovative ideas in creating a new browser that solves the above problems. The new browser is Mozilla Firefox!
Firefox is way more faster than Internet Explorer and crashes half as often as IE (Internet Explorer) does. Could it be that Microsoft is spreading its wings too thin that is forgetting about the basic needs of the everyday PC user?
Orane Franklin
Orane Productions Multimedia
www.oraneproductions.com
However, they are going to add these "new features" on as add-ons also known as plug-ins. The interesting thing about this is isn't it their plug-in architecture part of the problem when it comes to security issues? So not only do we get half as*ed features added on in a half as*ed manor but we get new security holes too!
Wow this sounds like a real winner to me.
Hey, Microsoft how about doing the job right for once. Give us all a heart attack!
Robert
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--Ruud