Well it’s happening… my machine is currently downloading and installing IE7 triggered by Windows Update.

We knew it was coming, at work we’ve been testing using IE7 for ages so there should be no big shocks, but anything as significant as this is bound to have some impact somewhere.

IE6 has had such a market share at a time when business attitudes to the Internet are changing constantly. One of my problems is an apparent lack of appreciation for how transient a thing the Internet can be.

“Why isn’t my email working?” “Why can’t I get on my Intranet from home?” “Why does it look different on my phone to my computer?”

To my mind it’s quite a miracle that the thing does work at all, and I’d like to voice my thnks for all the people who work their hardest to keep it working as well as it does, rather than whingeing about the few bits which don’t live up to unrealistic expectations.

I welcome the coming of IE7 - if it is the promised improvement on the troublesome beast that we know and … tolerate.

Well the installer has completed, and it wants to restart my machine - let’s see if it’s a non-event or if the world is about to end.

BTW, this post is written using Firefox - the best current browser by far!

Postscript - Life goes on - it’s looking good so far. Still not ready to ditch my allegiance to Firefox yet though.