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"What’s interesting is that most of these apps and services are only one or two iterations removed from really horrible products like Windows Mobile 6.5, Intern

by Ennis 16y ago

"What’s interesting is that most of these apps and services are only one or two iterations removed from really horrible products like Windows Mobile 6.5, Internet Explorer 7, Live Search." Microsoft uses a 3-year release cycle for most of its products. Only 2 years ago did they switch to a 1 year release cycle for the internet services division. One or two iterations is actually 4 to 6 years. That is a long time to make Messenger not slow. And they are still not there. But I agree it's not a sinking ship. WM7 is pretty good interface and sdk wise. The licensing terms will have to convince device makers to adopt it instead of free android. That's where it gets interesting.

cryptoz 16y ago
See, this is the thing about Microsoft and the Web. You can't release software that's web-based in cycles measured in years! Microsoft is still completely stuck in the '90s. Google is releasing Chrome on something like a 6-week development cycle. That's how it should be done. The web changes all the time, and Microsoft's products don't. That's the problem. Also, from other comments on this story, I've discovered that Windows Phone 7 won't be HTML5-capable. If IE Mobile isn't even near IE9's level of sophistication, it seems unlikely that they'll ever update it to be compatible. Otherwise, why not ship something at least as good as IE8?! In two to three years, much of the web will be HTML5. And Windows Phone 7 devices will be left in the dust.
- kenjackson 16y ago
  I think you may be surprised at how fast MS revs the phone. They've already hinted that IE9 will be on the phone. One of the reasons why MS said no skins to the OEMs is that they want to be able to rapidly rev all phones. I wouldn't be surprised if less than a year after launch they have IE9 on the phone.

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"What’s interesting is that most of these apps and services are only one or two iterations removed from really horrible products like Windows Mobile 6.5, Intern

by Ennis 16y ago

cryptoz 16y ago
See, this is the thing about Microsoft and the Web. You can't release software that's web-based in cycles measured in years! Microsoft is still completely stuck in the '90s. Google is releasing Chrome on something like a 6-week development cycle. That's how it should be done. The web changes all the time, and Microsoft's products don't. That's the problem. Also, from other comments on this story, I've discovered that Windows Phone 7 won't be HTML5-capable. If IE Mobile isn't even near IE9's level of sophistication, it seems unlikely that they'll ever update it to be compatible. Otherwise, why not ship something at least as good as IE8?! In two to three years, much of the web will be HTML5. And Windows Phone 7 devices will be left in the dust.
- kenjackson 16y ago
  I think you may be surprised at how fast MS revs the phone. They've already hinted that IE9 will be on the phone. One of the reasons why MS said no skins to the OEMs is that they want to be able to rapidly rev all phones. I wouldn't be surprised if less than a year after launch they have IE9 on the phone.