Why what? Why do I think it was a occursed abomination for Microsoft
to have placed IE7 into the category of priority security fixes or OS patches
instead of optional software, which it IS, so that unsuspecting users with
automatics updates turned on were forced to accept it ?
That should be self explanatory.
Why "hide" the update? Because if one uses 'automatic updates' (which
I also do not recommend), then they'll get the darned thing back AGAIN.
It is SOFTWARE, and it should be listed as such and made optional.
And why is it a "children's" application?
It looks like a coloring book.
As someone who never cared
much for MSIE anyway, and uses Opera as the default browser, I
As with FireFox, it doesn't integrate well with the remainder of the OS.
(FireFox can't even generate a play command to WMP when it sees
an M3u playlist, and then must completely download the files individually
when proceeding rather than just starting the playback, etc., etc.) Personally,
I like the MS product and wouldn't consider alienating (or confusing) the OS
in order to run 3rd party browsers.
So it's no wonder that you....
find that
MSIE 7 is a step in the right direction.
I find what most people have found when they ask me to remove it; that
tabbed browsing is cumbersome and borders on the rediculous; that
they prefer multiple incidents of IE6 browser windows for organization;
that it leaves itself vulnerable to 3rd party plugins; that customizing the
browser window is less user friendly than with IE6; and that first and
foremost, they weren't given the option of refusing it, and more. And
it looks like a cheesy, gradeschool coloring book. ;-)
