> They couldn't get off their asses to work on IE 7 until Firefox became a credible threat. This is very true and I've always felt it is a strong condemnation

> They couldn't get off their asses to work on IE 7 until Firefox became a credible threat. This is very true and I've always felt it is a strong condemnation of what goes on inside Microsoft. I neglected to mention this sorry bit of history in my posts above mostly because it's a bit old news. Today, IE is a fully-staffed, heavily armed, etc. I don't think I apologized for Microsoft. There is no excuse for having previously shut down IE, or for having such poor execution now that the IE team is back. There are, however, explanations... ones which hopefully help to dispel the myth that Microsoft is, today, intentionally holding the browser back. The truth is much more mundane.