Seems like im missing out on a lot of the "goodies" that come with win 7...
I read this article:
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/03/ie9-standards-and-why-acid3-isnt-the-priority.ars
I'm not sure why you linked the article?
Really, there is a damned good reason the acid3 test isn't something anybody should give a flying fudge about. It is a test. First off, it tests draft specifications, secondly, it tests for specific implementation details, which are mentioned nowhere in that specification. The "problem" is that Internet Explorer isn't part of the "cabal" of browsers. See, when Firefox, Chrome, or Opera need to implement a feature, they don't do it themselves, they see how one of the other browsers that already implemented that feature (except IE) do it. And then they copy/duplicate that. TThey don't try to interpret the specification. Both IE and all the other browsers can implement the specification but behave differently, and the tests that are supposed to be designed to test adherence to a specification can't test for that specification because as per usual the W3C is vague and ambiguous in it's creation of that specification. And even actively hostile to IE; IE can implement something that meets their "standard" but isn't the same as the other browsers. Instead of copying each other the other browsers should go to the w3c and say, hey- fix your *censored*. your specification is vague, misleading, and open to interpretation. Fix it. a speicifcation should be precise and easy to understand.
I am not a huge fan of simplistic user interfaces-it somehow seems like discouraging the end-user to explore the myriad of possibilities that the program holds (within reasonable limits of course). Although Apple set the trend for minimalistic user interfaces that would appeal to the majority of consumers who are purely concerned with ease of use...
The Office 2007 ribbon is often described as a "simplistic" interface, compared to the ball of crap that the commandbars architecture had become. However, features are far more discoverable.
I think a better question is exactly what features are less discoverable in the sort of interface of chrome than in earlier versions of firefox or other browsers. The problem isn't that a lot of features aren't discoverable, it's that those features aren't going to be useful to the majority of users in the first place.
Well I'm glad I have Win XP on both my computers then so I don't have to worry about that.
What does the Original Post have to do with Windows 7?
mom has Win 7 on hers and from what I've used of the new IE I don't like it either.
The "new IE" you refer to is IE8, which is the one that the tech journalist pines for for whatever reason.
Really, I don't think Win 7 in general is all it's cracked up to be. It's not as easy to navigate.
The only reason it's not as easy to navigate is because you have already decided that it is inferior to what you are used to and so refuse to learn the new UI elements, like the breadcrumb bar. Every tiny issue you have with XP now you blame on yourself in some way, but if you have similar issues with Win7, you add it to your internal "issues" list. At the end, you find that the issues list of Win7 is really long and you go right back to your 10 year old operating system which has no real advantage over Vista, 7, or any modern Linux distribution.
maybe I don't like simplistic interfaces either. kinda funny isn't it? they're simple yet they're more difficult to navigate for me. could be a case of if you're not a beginner with computers then you're not gonna find beginner style interfaces easy to use.
Windows Vista/7 don't use a "simplistic interface". That is IE9, and IE8 is the default browser for Windows 7 and likely what you saw. You are blaming your own unfamiliarity with a new system on the system rather then on the fact that you are unfamiliar with it.
if the new OS isn't all that great then I' m not surprised the browser for them isn't all that great either.
Again, the "browser for them" is IE8, and it is the one that "people want back". IE9 is the new one, and it takes a bloody voodoo incantation and sacrifices to get installed properly to begin with. It's doubtful that you've used it.
