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MSN Toolbar

Microsoft's new MSN Toolbar for Internet Explorer is now available. I'm not interested in the toolbar per se, but it is based on Silverlight so I'm curious how it works. That curiosity will have to continue for a while, however, as the MSN Toolbar requires Silverlight 1.0 for some reason...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-21-2008
IE and Windows XP Service Pack 3

There's not a whole lot of new info here, but I know there continue to be questions about IE 7 and Windows XP SP3, so here we go... A post from the IE Blog : XPSP3 will continue to ship with IE6 and contains a roll-up of the latest security updates for IE6. If you are still running Internet Explorer...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 05-05-2008
The IE8 Favorites Bar

Microsoft talks up the new IE 8 Favorites Bar which, as it turns out, isn't so new: The Favorites bar, previously known as the Links toolbar, has been updated with great new functionality that helps you get information from your favorite websites quickly and easily. The new IE8 Favorites bar still...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-13-2008
Shame on Mozilla

Well, it's come to this : Like one-time innovator AMD before it, Mozilla has no Act 2, and they're consigned to just copying features from their dominant competitor, a sad about-face for a company previously known for doing The Right Thing. [W]ebslices [sic] and [A]ctivites [sic] Just in case...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-10-2008
MIX'08 Part 2: Wednesday's keynote

Here are a bunch of shots from today's keynote address. Microsoft chief software architect Ray Ozzie Ozzie Ozzie Scott Guthrie, corporate vice president, Microsoft Developer Edition Guthrie Dean Hachamovitch, General Manager, IE Hachamovitch Internet Explorer 8 Beta logo First public demonstration...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-05-2008
Here comes IE 8 Beta 1 (now available)

These links aren't live *yet* but will be soon... Install Internet Explorer 8 Internet Explorer 8 can be installed on Microsoft Windows Vista ® Service Pack 1 (SP1), Windows Vista, Windows XP ® Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows Server ® 2008 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 2 (SP2). Downloads are...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-05-2008
MIX'08 Part 1

Hi guys, sorry for the lack of posts yesterday but my wireless connection at Harrah's is achingly bad and wouldn't stay up for more than a few minutes at a time. For the first time ever, perhaps, the EDGE connection on my iPhone was actually better than Wi-Fi. Anyway. I made it to Vegas without...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 03-05-2008
Microsoft to launch beta of Internet Explorer 8

CNET : Microsoft will shortly make available the test version of Internet Explorer 8, which is set for final release in the first half of this year. Really? I can't imagine IE 8 will ship in the first half of 2008. This is almost certainly a typo, though we'll know more at MIX 08, next week,...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 02-25-2008
Opera CTO: How to fix Microsoft's browser issues

It's hard to know where to start with this one. I'm not sure if it's the CTO, the company he represents, or the site he chose to publish his opinion on. But it all stinks from what I can tell . If there was a functioning market for web browsers and operating systems, the past few weeks would...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 02-20-2008
Netscape Navigator RIP

It took a few years longer than anticipated, but Netscape Navigator is finally being discontinued as of February 2008: While internal groups within AOL have invested a great deal of time and energy in attempting to revive Netscape Navigator, these efforts have not been successful in gaining market share...

Posted to SuperSite Blog (Weblog) by pthurrott on 12-28-2007

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