Gemal's Psyched Blog - Comments on Microsoft Needs More than Tabbed Browsing for Internet Explorer

By Kroc Camen

Tue, 24 May 2005 13:00:00 +0100

I sometimes wonder how many times Microsoft can do a 180 degree turn and still know which direction they're going.

First no IE, now IE7 this year - then no alpha png, now alpha PNG - then "tabs are not that important, users don't want them", now this.

I feel a blank stare coming on! :|

Tue, 24 May 2005 16:48:09 +0100

Since Firefox can do tabbed browsering and open a bookmark url in the sidebar, I really can't understand why it can't split window view.

It's very helpful for comparison.

Currently in buzilla, "70245 Allow splitting of content area (MDI GUI Tiles) in a browser window" is kind of dismiss.

Tue, 24 May 2005 20:31:50 +0100

The next thing in 'browsers'? It's pretty standard if every other browser has it. Or just because M$ hasn't done it yet, it's not really standard.

huh?? Tabbed browsing has been a feature for power users for quite a while. IE is simply now trying to play catch-up.