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So... they are trying to make the Web more shareable with a proprietary annotation feature, thereby introducing a new category of UX issues, bugs and incompat
by benaston 12y ago
So... they are trying to make the Web more shareable with a proprietary annotation feature, thereby introducing a new category of UX issues, bugs and incompatibilities.
I suppose that would be kind of neat if the Web wasn't already the most shareable medium in the world (you've heard of URLs?).
MS is way behind in standards implementation (yes still, even in IE11). Yes this software is pure vapor, but has their browser project office heard of feature prioritization?
MS has not, cannot and will never change. They are onto a losing strategy long-term (just review your GA logs). And for that I am glad because as a developer for the Web, I hate them with a passion.
- cma 12y agoThose who have heard of URLs might also have heard of link rot.
- benaston 12y agoThe use case presented was the sharing of a news article. If I email a colleague a hyperlink to an article it would be highly unusual to experience link-rot in the expected timeframe for them to open the email and click the link. I might experience one 404 a month. Even if you multiply that by ten to account for selective memory, link rot is a good example of something that sounds like it will be a massive problem, but generally isn't in reality.
- theandrewbailey 12y agoWhile the web is the most sharable thing ever, it's not the most annotatable or drawable medium. This annotation feature will let corporate office monkeys communicate changes to their intranet sites easier than using vague text descriptions or printouts (or, kill me, scanned printouts). And guess who the primary target audience is for MS browsers? Corporate office monkeys.
- benaston 12y agoBut as most corporate monkeys know, Windows includes a snipping tool already with an annotation feature.