Comments on: Books and Tears of Joy

By: samskillern

samskillern — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 01:11:33 +0000

just thought i would add something that my friend was talking about the other day.
Due to the security improvements , aparrantly, IE7 will soon become a Mandatory update, and if you have auto-updates on, then one day soon you will litterally wake up with it.
Whilst im not sure how valid this information is, Micro$oft has released a program for sys-admins to ‘delay’ the installation of IE7 until they are ready to roll it out, this prevents the auto-updater from installing it.
So, a mandatory update would be good imho :)

By: Paul Boag

Paul Boag — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 16:15:01 +0000

Its on its way. Editing now.

By: Ben Moorhouse

Ben Moorhouse — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 15:19:19 +0000

But it was bank holiday Monday! - These lucky developers get bank holidays off.

By: Oliver Treend

Oliver Treend — Tue, 29 Aug 2006 15:18:15 +0000

Hey! What's happened to this weeks podcast? Doesn't it usually come out on Monday?

By: Ben Moorhouse

Ben Moorhouse — Sun, 27 Aug 2006 05:00:45 +0000

I’ve been using IE7 for a few months now, and it’s been a pure godsend. My main reason may seem trivial, but is a big issue when I have to remember 13 x 8 character, mixed case, alpha numeric passwords for work, I dont want to be doing the same at home but also dont want to be less secure, so using a fingerprint reader deals with all of my passwords. Only issue is that since it’s on a microsoft keyboard, it doesn’t recognise login fields in non microsoft browsers! having tabs like firefox, and the ability to use the fingerprint reader is perfection in its truest form. ok.. so maybe that’s a bit OTT.
I’ll be interested to see whether or not my company (HBOS plc) will be upgrading to IE7 – we’re finally moving to XP, but people are crying out for a browser which doesn’t fill the taskbar when you open lots of pages/tools.

By: Cindy Lionwoman

Cindy Lionwoman — Sat, 26 Aug 2006 01:20:23 +0000

I have been using the Beta version of IE7 for about 6 mths and I can't imagine using IE6 anymore. IE7 is such an improvement. Of course there are a few settings you have to fine-tune to make it right, but you can search these workarounds on Google and you'll get the answer quickly, as I did. I still like Firefox better, but as we all know not all sites work perfectly using Firefox because they were not tested for Firefox accessibility. In any case, I really like IE7 and think it is a big improvement over IE6. BTW, Paul, don't worry about it. You are focusing on the right things. Work is important and while we appreciate everything you do for us, you have to strike a balance. Many of us have come a long way since listening to your podcasts, make no mistake. It is not a fruitless effort in the big picture.

By: Eric

Eric — Fri, 25 Aug 2006 19:45:47 +0000

I can't get the IE7 link to work. "We are currently unable to serve your request"

By: Whisper

Whisper — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 20:58:32 +0000

I have to agree with JRichmond. I know they can’t force it but it sure would be a dream come true if they did. I am excited to see IE7 get released. I just hope that we get what we have been promised.
On the book note I know I’m no body but I must re-endorse the Web Accessibility book. Not a bad read but very usefull I actually just got it a couple days ago.
BTW I’m a long time lurker always a good read here at Boagworld. Keep on doin what you do babe.

By: Ross Johnson

Ross Johnson — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 18:00:12 +0000

It is an improvement, but should we be happy for a polished turd because we previously had to use an unpolished turd? Microsoft made a profit of 40 BILLION dollars last year, I think they could assign a large team to smooth out the software.

By: Paul Boag

Paul Boag — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 17:15:31 +0000

You miserable sods! IE 7 is a gigantic step forward and we should celebrate that. Okay its not perfect but then neither is Firefox and Safari. As for take up I think you will be surprised. There is no way they could force users to upgrade but i think it will be faster than you think. I have never met such a group of grumpy old men ;)