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Skriven 2006-01-02 10:33:40 av Robert Comer (1:379/45)
   Kommentar till text 8909 av Geo (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: MS Employees Rage As Internet Explorer Ship Sinks
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From: "Robert Comer" <bobcomer@mindspring.com>

> Excuse me? NEW security model? Go read

UAP is the biggest change to the security model.

> So how long has it been since there was a new version of OE? I mean this
> is
> something I use all the time and the only significant change I can
> remember
> in the past 5 years was the inclusion of "read all as text".

Agreed, it's been a long time and it shouldn't have been.

> Are there new drivers?

Some, not enough yet.

>Oh wait, perhaps that's what was missing that gave me
> the "it's not ready for prime time" attitude?

And whether it'll be a better model remains to be seen.

> I get the feeling you are running out of ideas..

Nope, just talking about what concerns me the most.  Until it gets feature
complete and beta 2 level code, everything is just guessing.

> Ok you finally touched on a significant feature but now comes the
> important
> question. Why was this change needed?

UAP is probably the thing that's going to break the most older apps, and yes,
it was needed.

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Bob Comer


"Geo" <georger@nls.net> wrote in message news:43b94150$2@w3.nls.net...
> "Robert Comer" <bobcomer@mindspring.com> wrote in message
> news:43b8197c@w3.nls.net...
>> Off the top of my head:
>>
>> The new security model is the biggest and most important change.
>
> Excuse me? NEW security model? Go read
> http://news.com.com/Microsoft+talks+up+Longhorn+Server+security/2100-1016_3-5
867497.html
> then come back and tell me what this new security model includes.  I mean
> that is such a stretch they are naming things like autochkdsk? XPsp2
> brought
> more security changes than vista. Calling this a NEW security model is a
> joke.
>
>> The new UI is only superficially like the old WinXP one, there's quite a
> bit
>> of change there too, especially if you have a good enough video card to
>> handle it. (And I'm not even talking about the transparent windows, which
>> don't interest me all that much)
>
> Ok, glass is cool, that was worth years of work..
>
>> And there's a new OE, renamed Windows Mail, that'll hopefully
> differentiate
>> itself from Outlook and to fix some of the worst outstanding bugs of OE.
>
> So how long has it been since there was a new version of OE? I mean this
> is
> something I use all the time and the only significant change I can
> remember
> in the past 5 years was the inclusion of "read all as text".
>
>> There's a new driver model that looks promising.
>
> Are there new drivers? Oh wait, perhaps that's what was missing that gave
> me
> the "it's not ready for prime time" attitude?
>
>> Quicker booting than XP, even though it's got beta debug code in it.
>
> I get the feeling you are running out of ideas..
>
>> With everything it's almost on the level of change to NT3.1 or Win3.1 to
>> Win95 to me.  It's certainly going to break backwards compatibility on
> some
>> things...
>
> Ok you finally touched on a significant feature but now comes the
> important
> question. Why was this change needed?
>
> Geo.
>
>

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