Bink.nu has just posted some screenshots of what appears to be Internet Explorer 7 running on a version of Longhorn at Gnomedex. The screenies highlight some of the new RSS features scheduled to be put in IE7, and were obviously taken by a digital/phone camera. A video of IE7 highlighting RSS support can be streamed from Channel9 (~22 Minutes in for actual footage of IE7 on Longhorn)
Upon closer examination of the screenshots one can make out the basic layout of the new browser. Microsoft has added a search tool to the top right of the browsing window similar to the one found in Safari/Firefox. A single tab located directly above the menus appears to be running in each of the screenshots. Back/Forward buttons can be found on the top left of the screen with the home, favorites, history and what seems to be a RSS subscription button sitting down by the drop-down menus.
IE7 is scheduled to hit beta early this summer around the same time as Windows Longhorn. In an article posted on eWeek today, Microsoft revealed that RSS will be integrated into the heart of Longhorn. A representative commented that the company is "betting big on RSS" this time around and that "it needs to be in places other than readers and browsers."
Screenshot: Main Browser Window | RSS Subscriptions | RSS Display Panel | IE7 on XP?
View: Microsoft Channel9 Video | Screenshot | Screenshot 2 | Screenshot 3
View: Neowin Discussion | Bink.nu Article
Upon closer examination of the screenshots one can make out the basic layout of the new browser. Microsoft has added a search tool to the top right of the browsing window similar to the one found in Safari/Firefox. A single tab located directly above the menus appears to be running in each of the screenshots. Back/Forward buttons can be found on the top left of the screen with the home, favorites, history and what seems to be a RSS subscription button sitting down by the drop-down menus.
IE7 is scheduled to hit beta early this summer around the same time as Windows Longhorn. In an article posted on eWeek today, Microsoft revealed that RSS will be integrated into the heart of Longhorn. A representative commented that the company is "betting big on RSS" this time around and that "it needs to be in places other than readers and browsers."
Screenshot: Main Browser Window | RSS Subscriptions | RSS Display Panel | IE7 on XP? View: Microsoft Channel9 Video | Screenshot | Screenshot 2 | Screenshot 3 View: Neowin Discussion | Bink.nu Article
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Anyway Apple's interface is perfect, so they have no choice but to copy it
Grow up, nothing is perfect...
And obviously Tiger's Safar isn't perfect..
ROFL wake the hell up
Look at the vast majority of programs out there, a hell of a lot of them are "copied" from something else, you know why? Because it works!
So I must be rich because I have an iMac G5!? god, thats even funnier.
I'm sick of hearing all this "MS is ripping off Apple" garbage. Apple is trying to address consumer needs, and so is MS. You can imagine that this will take both companies into similar territory.
What is really sad is that a 93% market share competitior is matching a 4% market share dwarf nearly feature-for-feature . . . . . sad for Apple.
Welcome to REALITY, folks. It's called BUSINESS. Microsoft has been doing it well and smartly for years now.
As long as we get quality, I HOPE that Microsoft "rips off" as many features as it can. More power to them. We'll get a better OS as a result
Whatever 'aint nailed down is fair game. The strongest will survive, folks.
I agree with you. We want quality!
Not trolling, it's a serious inquisition on my part. When all Microsoft does is copy successful ideas from other people (Like companies they claim to be better off than) they'll always be a day late and a dollar short.
Microsoft lacks the enthusiasm and the customer appreciation nessessary to convince me to believe that their software is better or worth supporting more than other company's software.
FireFox has been long since and looks to be ongoingly the best browser for Internet usability and security. But their view of me as a customer and (lack of a) desire to code properly goes far beyond IE.
But we're waiting for real changes like better W3C standards/CSS/PNG supports and bugfixes, not a new design...
I could really care less, websites make the webpages for the vast majority of users that will view it. And the vast majority is IE (no one is even close to IE)... so your standards arn't really looking to much like standards to me... The way IE renders a page is the standard, not what some lame organization says.
Flame me all you want.. its true. Oh but I use Firefox anyways
Same goes for many web developers, who aim their sites at a mixed set of browsers. Of course, no browser implement the standards perfect, but at least they aim to do so. IE however, has been lacking a lot for a long time. What Microsoft has made is not a good standard, as it is not documented for others to use in any way.
I never said it was a good standard, but it is the standard wether developers like it or not. And how many standards are actually well documented? And still the standards talk is crap, IE is the standard no matter what. You're just going to have to get used to it and stop complaining.
Same goes for many web developers, who aim their sites at a mixed set of browsers.
Uuuh... And everyone who wish to be free to pick browsers without having some sites look like crap?
I have absolutely no idea why kerby doesn't care...
Having IE define the standards will definitely not improve his Firefox browsing experience anyway.
Nobody says anything about Firefox copying IE's information bar, menu layout, etc. They even changed the button positions from the original Mozilla to be more like IE. But really, who cares?!
I use whatever browser meets my needs the best. If IE can do that, then I'll try using it when it comes out.
.... can u say lame?
Microsoft 'innovation', gotta love it.
Nice try idiot. I was referring to the actual RSS parser in Safari. Get Safari, go to an RSS enabled site and hit the "RSS" button in the address bar and you'll see what I mean.
I'll keep it simple and use pictures since you seem to be a bit slow:
Safari RSS: here
Longhorn RSS: here
Last edited by 22516 on 27 Jun 2005 - 02:13
As someone pointed out earlier about Firefox taking IE's yellowish information bar, as long as it satisfies the users, who gives a damn about copying. Go ahead and defend Safari as much as you like - we really don't care.
For RSS reading:
Safari 2.0 integrated RSS and came out in April 29, 2005 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safari_%28web_browser%29
Firefox 1.0 had RSS and came out in November 9, 2004 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firefox
Netscape still had it first.
As for the looks:
I'm the idiot because I can't read your mind because you're not clear in what your saying?
Here's an idea, say what you actually mean next time, but no, actually trying to make a clear point wouldn't be trolling now would it?
Last edited by 76276 on 27 Jun 2005 - 04:45
And I don't use safary, as long as it is on IE I will use it.
Smooth!
all who are complaining about the rss layout, dont you think it will be changed by the time the public beta is relased?
first of all, most people dont realize, but you can already have the address bar in IE act as a search bar. you can change registry settings so that if you type "ggl neowin" it searches google for "neowin"
yea, of course if they want people to use it they shouldnt make its use so hard to modify and cryptic...
but i always liked the search sidebar better than a search bar anyway, because you can keep the list of links on the left pane while you open up windows in the right (or in new tabs as it may be). i hope they dont get rid of the search sidebar
Including activex wich is a huge security risk.
BTW not everyone is been able to run internet explorer
Unfortunately that's true. Pre XP systems are left out in this update to IE. Thus they're forced to use alternatives. (Well, if they're planning on using an updated browser.)
Power and flexibility far too often comes at the cost of security and this is no exception.
I'm not so quick to bash MS these days as they do have some good products, but that UI cloning is absolutely shameless!!
Oh, btw, I use Opera <3 haha
What's next -- "Longhorn loves PNG"?
That they spend so much effort on pushing *one* feature like this, that's not even new, tells me IE 7 may not be very innovative after all. :-/
Last edited by 21023 on 25 Jun 2005 - 12:47
THE NEWS COMMENTS FOLLOW THE SAME RULES AS THE FORUM.
FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH THE RULES WILL RESULT IN BANS OR RESTRICTIONS.
Please ban me!!! me!!! me!!!
Oh, I dunno how I can live after that!
Pathetic......
Call me pathetic again and your done posting here.
Last edited by 3351 on 25 Jun 2005 - 15:02
On the other hand, these forums are going to hell lately.
If you called any other person that you'd get a warn too.
Since I already warned him in the post... and if he does it again. He's done posting for 3 days.
Simple as that.
When you deal with these people... playing nice isn't going to get you anywhere.
Last edited by 3351 on 25 Jun 2005 - 22:15
However, not doing it will not make others play nice either. They'll just give you more work at clicking your ban button. The only worse thing about trolls on a forum is moderators helping to spread a negative atmosphere in public. Just silently get rid of them and be done with it.
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