Internet Explorer 7
Earlier, back in March or so, I decided to try the Internet Explorer 7 beta/preview/whatever, and it sucked. So today, I loaded up Windows Update to find one of the suggested critical updates to be none other than IE7.
Being one to keep my computer up-to-date, I installed it, thinking “Hey, if they’re releasing it to a few million people, they must have made it suck alot less, right?” I was wrong. Very wrong.
Immediately after loading it, I have to think: What is wrong with people?! The address bar looks like something akin to a Playskool Toy, the toolbar buttons are worthless, and best of all; you can’t change any of it. It took me 10 minutes and a registry hack just to get the menu bar back to the top of the screen, and user forbid you ever wanting to move any of the toolbar buttons.
Now, I’ve been a strong fan of Internet Explorer since I can remember; It comes with the OS, it’s pratically the measure of standards, and up until now the interface was simple and intuitive, but, if this is what we’re to expect in Vista, I’m going to find myself using a third-party browser.
IE7 is going to get uninstalled, and if this is a glimpse of what our future is going to look like, I’ll gladly stay in the past.
-Hinoserm