bsayegh
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I like the article and agree with a lot of the points, but there are some things that I don't entirely agree with.
Internet Explorer isn't buggy: I have been on IE 11 since it came out for Windows 7. I think it is an amazing browser, but I have two major bones to pick with it. The first, which I don't really think is an issue with the browser so much as the plugin, is that Flash runs terribly on it. If you go to a flash-intensive site like ESPN, a lot of times it will become a clunky mess just trying to load a banner ad. I don't necessarily think this is because of IE, but it is a big pain in the but when using IE.
The second thing is browsing Youtube. I don't know what the problem is here. A lot of times when I load a video on youtube, I cant use my browser history correctly. If I click back, it takes me down to the comment section. If I click back again, it takes me two steps back in my history. Like if I had watched two videos and now im watching the third one, when I click back it takes me back to video 1.
I have had a suspicion that Google does this intentionally to make people use Chrome.
The last issue I have is that IE 11's developer tools, while certainly more advanced than it was in previous versions, is really slow. For all of the nifty functionality it offers, it takes a lot longer to load. With IE 10, for instance, I hit F12 and it would automatically load the dev tool in another window. It was very quick. With IE 11, it takes a few seconds to load. It isn't the end of the world, but I miss the snappiness of the older version.
Office Sucks: I agree that office is an amazing suite of products. Most problems that I have seen people having stem from using the wrong tool for the job. I have seen people trying to build complex menus and tables using Word, which is possible, but its a pain in the ****. Then they curse MS. My only problem with the article is that they say that these are issues that "experts" have with office, but the first paragraph in that section is about how the people who have problems with office aren't experts. That's not a problem with MS, its just an issue with the article=)
Windows RT is going away: The article suggests that RT is a part of a much bigger picture, so it wont be going anyway. Is it really not? I don't feel like RT products are cheaper enough than Pro to justify the purchase. If you can buy a full x86 tablet/hybrid for a few hundred more, why wouldn't you? I believe that RT will exist in some capacity, but I cant imagine they will continue to attempt to sell it as a separate OS on dedicated devices.
Otherwise I agree with the article. MS has been very open with their code lately. They have been taking a lot of their developer's independent experiments, like the Web API, and releasing them in to the wild with source code included.
I agree that WP isn't going anywhere, though I do think it needs to get where it is going faster than it has so far.
Xbox is the ONLY MS brand that is considered "cool", other than gaming rigs. They aren't going to break it off as a separate brand. They need their logo ALL OVER that thing.
I guess my gripes weren't as extensive as I was thinking they might be when I started typing this=)
Internet Explorer isn't buggy: I have been on IE 11 since it came out for Windows 7. I think it is an amazing browser, but I have two major bones to pick with it. The first, which I don't really think is an issue with the browser so much as the plugin, is that Flash runs terribly on it. If you go to a flash-intensive site like ESPN, a lot of times it will become a clunky mess just trying to load a banner ad. I don't necessarily think this is because of IE, but it is a big pain in the but when using IE.
The second thing is browsing Youtube. I don't know what the problem is here. A lot of times when I load a video on youtube, I cant use my browser history correctly. If I click back, it takes me down to the comment section. If I click back again, it takes me two steps back in my history. Like if I had watched two videos and now im watching the third one, when I click back it takes me back to video 1.
I have had a suspicion that Google does this intentionally to make people use Chrome.
The last issue I have is that IE 11's developer tools, while certainly more advanced than it was in previous versions, is really slow. For all of the nifty functionality it offers, it takes a lot longer to load. With IE 10, for instance, I hit F12 and it would automatically load the dev tool in another window. It was very quick. With IE 11, it takes a few seconds to load. It isn't the end of the world, but I miss the snappiness of the older version.
Office Sucks: I agree that office is an amazing suite of products. Most problems that I have seen people having stem from using the wrong tool for the job. I have seen people trying to build complex menus and tables using Word, which is possible, but its a pain in the ****. Then they curse MS. My only problem with the article is that they say that these are issues that "experts" have with office, but the first paragraph in that section is about how the people who have problems with office aren't experts. That's not a problem with MS, its just an issue with the article=)
Windows RT is going away: The article suggests that RT is a part of a much bigger picture, so it wont be going anyway. Is it really not? I don't feel like RT products are cheaper enough than Pro to justify the purchase. If you can buy a full x86 tablet/hybrid for a few hundred more, why wouldn't you? I believe that RT will exist in some capacity, but I cant imagine they will continue to attempt to sell it as a separate OS on dedicated devices.
Otherwise I agree with the article. MS has been very open with their code lately. They have been taking a lot of their developer's independent experiments, like the Web API, and releasing them in to the wild with source code included.
I agree that WP isn't going anywhere, though I do think it needs to get where it is going faster than it has so far.
Xbox is the ONLY MS brand that is considered "cool", other than gaming rigs. They aren't going to break it off as a separate brand. They need their logo ALL OVER that thing.
I guess my gripes weren't as extensive as I was thinking they might be when I started typing this=)