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I used to read Slashdot every day. Now it is more like once a year.
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Random thoughts from somebody working on the next Windows OS
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Just FYI you are getting linked all over, so bring on the Juicy Win7 posts...
just discovered your blog...forever subscriber...very interesting.
Regarding Firefox, as such it can deployed simply using Xcopy...doesn't need MSIs need it doesn't need registry entries. But surely Mozilla should do group policy administration and better support for restricted users and roaming profiles. ActiveX is also a killer feature of IE often simply associated with lack of security due to ignorance.
I guess (s)he hasn't said anything to be worried about. Since Windows Seven is atleast a year or two away none of this must be ready (UI wise) for us to understand how cool these features would be.
When I originally saw the Longhorn videos from PDC 2003 I was amazed, I wanted it now. Look what we got when it finally shipped. Nothing against the team, I know they work really hard, but my point is, it is very easy to be wowed reading / looking at concept ideas. By the time they become reality half of the idea gets cut on the chopping board and are no longer as cool and innovative.
"ActiveX is also a killer feature of IE often simply associated with lack of security due to ignorance."
Wrong.
ActiveX can create major security problems. That's fact, not ignorance.
Yes but that's why IE has the simple yet powerful concept of zones and with IE6 XPSP2 onwards, ActiveX security is beefed up anyways....if you configure your IE settings correctly, ActiveX is just as safe as Java or Javascript.
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