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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
by 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 agoI 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.