Browsing

There's been an incredible amount of action, (or is it inaction?) in the browser space lately. AOL sold out to Microsoft, which some believe will mark the end of the Netscape broswer. Microsoft announced that it will no longer release any browsers, as any new features would require integration with the operating system. Oh, and Microsoft's next operating system, codenamed Longhorn, won't be out for another two years, which means you won't be using it for 3 or 4 years. Now, Microsoft announces that IE on the Mac is finished. This isn't that disappointing, as I (and most Mac users) use Camino and Safari for browsing. It's the lack of broswer innovation on Microsoft's part that is troubling. Need I remind you that IE6 is 3 years old? Without going into too much more detail, I'll direct you to Zeldman, who talks about this far more eloquently than I ever will. I will mention, that if this doesn't mean anything to you as you find yourself content with IE6, you need to check out Phoenix, and browse a bit with that to see what you're missing, like pop-up blocking, ad-blocking and tabbed browsing.