Below is all of my content that has been tagged with the term microsoft. Browsing it should be very exciting for you. Enjoy.
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This should be a very influential announcement when it comes to widespread support for IE6.
The reason they dropped support had less to do with the well-known deficiencies IE6 has with respect to CSS and PNG support, but more to do with the more recently-available APIs such as offline web application support.
The headline says most of it, but here are a few interesting things:
Microsoft will acquire an exclusive 10 year license to Yahoo!’s core search technologies, and Microsoft will have the ability to integrate Yahoo! search technologies into its existing web search platforms;
Microsoft’s Bing will be the exclusive algorithmic search and paid search platform for Yahoo! sites. Yahoo! will continue to use its technology and data in other areas of its business such as enhancing display advertising technology.
Yahoo! will innovate and “own” the user experience on Yahoo! properties, including the user experience for search, even though it will be powered by Microsoft technology.
Maybe this is genuinely a good thing for users, too.
Incremental improvement is the shoreline of safety: if you can see it, you’re sure to be okay, but you won’t be discovering any new oceans. Google and Apple are willing to move away from that shore and explore the risks and reward potential of innovation. Microsoft? Not so much.