[LINK] Fwd: Re: Internet Explorer V8

[Roger Clarke]

><http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2224940/turning-back-ie-warns-microsoft>> 
>Microsoft is warning users of a potential issue in its upcoming
>>  Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) web browser release that makes it impossible
>>  to revert to an older version.

Is Microsoft's design quality *really* still this bad???

Sorry if my tone sounds like MS-bashing;  but I just can't believe 
that a software developer can commit such blunders.

(I appreciate that the problem may derive from the OS team, or the 
OS-maintenance team, rather than the IE8 team;  but it's a 
demonstration of technical and managerial incompetence within the 
organisation).


In the alternative (as the lawyer's say):

My first reaction had been that it was 'a good thing' that IE8 was 
available under XP as well as Vista.

But perhaps no-return is a feature rather than a bug:
-   XP user installs IE8
-   XP quickly becomes unusable
-   XP is unfixable
-   XP user perforce migrates to Vista


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