IE Team Interview? | The Coffeehouse

Bas
It finds lightbulbs.

Apart from the many, many people and groups I'd like to see an interview with, the IE team has to be at the top of my list.

There's a lot of controversy about their silence, especially after Microsoft's expressed wish to upgrade IE on a regular basis. It's not so much the lack of new versions of IE, but the complete and utter silence that's irking a lot of people.

A quick dropping in with the camera to hear how they're all doing and what's happening next would be a perfect way to take away all that. And in my opinion Channel 9, being all about the conversation, would be the ideal platform for it.

Any videos with the IE team scheduled in the near future? Any chance of slipping one in ahead of the others?

Rowan
Look, no errors.

+1

cornelius

Rowan wrote:
+1

they are either working on a firefox killer and are keeping silent so not to raise our hopes

or

the team was disbanded and we will never see another IE version and they are keeping silent as theres nothing to talk about

but yea complete lack of info is disturbing

littleguru
<3 Seattle

Rowan wrote:
+1

++ (if they are ready to do an interview!)

vesuvius
Das Glasperlenspiel

Oh yes, this team is certainly at the top of my list. Maybe a going deep?

Dr Herbie
Horses for courses

littleguru wrote:

Rowan wrote: +1

++ (if they are ready to do an interview!)

Only when they're ready -- too many broken promises from Microsoft in the past.
Wait until they've got the finalised feature-set, at least.

Transparency appears to be a double-edged sword Smiley

Herbie

Bas
It finds lightbulbs.

I don't mean an interview in the sense of "tell us what features are going to be in IE8" but more one of those casual style ones that Charles did a while ago with Dr. Sneath. Just pop into the office for ten minutes, and have a casual chat. No need to reveal anything, just something that'll break the one year silence.

Dr Herbie
Horses for courses

Bas wrote:
I don't mean an interview in the sense of "tell us what features are going to be in IE8" but more one of those casual style ones that Charles did a while ago with Dr. Sneath. Just pop into the office for ten minutes, and have a casual chat. No need to reveal anything, just something that'll break the one year silence.

Ah, I see. More like a "Hello? Anybody home?" type of interview.
I guess that would reassure a lot of people. You could see if they all look calm and collected, or completely frazzled Smiley

Herbie

Sven Groot
My name has 9 letters. Coincidence? I think not...

I currently know only two things about IE8:
- It's being worked on.
- It's not ready yet.

That's all they could tell me. Smiley

Bas
It finds lightbulbs.

Sven Groot wrote:

- It's being worked on.

Are you sure? Tongue Out

Sven Groot
My name has 9 letters. Coincidence? I think not...

Bas wrote:

Sven Groot wrote:
- It's being worked on.

Are you sure?

That's what my sources say. Smiley

Dr Herbie
Horses for courses

Sven Groot wrote:

Bas wrote:

Sven Groot wrote:
- It's being worked on.

Are you sure?

That's what my sources say.

You have sources? Ooh, how exciting! I wish I had sources.
I have sauces, but not sources Wink

Do they say anything else?

Herbie

Sven Groot
My name has 9 letters. Coincidence? I think not...

Dr Herbie wrote:
You have sources? Ooh, how exciting! I wish I had sources.
I have sauces, but not sources

I have sauces too. Tongue Out

Basically the story is this: Eric Lawrence contacted me about a bug in Find As You Type, which I couldn't reproduce. Then he confessed to running it on an internal build of IE Next and that it was their bug.

I told him I would need access to the internal builds to check it out, but so far no luck. Tongue Out

LaBomba
Summer

Sven Groot wrote:
I told him I would need access to the internal builds to check it out, but so far no luck.

Haha, nice try though. Wink

Bas
It finds lightbulbs.

Sven Groot wrote:
Basically the story is this: Eric Lawrence contacted me about a bug in Find As You Type, which I couldn't reproduce. Then he confessed to running it on an internal build of IE Next and that it was their bug.

I told him I would need access to the internal builds to check it out, but so far no luck.

If he emails you again, tell him to allow for a way to scroll a found word to the middle of the view. Tongue Out

stevo_
Human after all

ie next is just a short name right? I mean, whats after next?

Dr Herbie
Horses for courses

stevo_ wrote:
ie next is just a short name right? I mean, whats after next?

Could be 'Next but one"?

Here we flag for 'Next Release' and 'Next Next Release' Smiley

Herbie

Sven Groot
My name has 9 letters. Coincidence? I think not...

creditcard wrote:
I bet most of the IE team is working on Silverlight.

I'm fairly sure that's not the same team.

Dodo
I'm your creativity creator™ :)

Dr Herbie wrote:
Transparency appears to be a double-edged sword

Reminds me of something... somewhat... translucent... I think.

Wanna see something too Smiley

Massif
aim stupidly high, expect to fail often.

creditcard wrote:
...you really don't want to take web developers by surprise.

Why? Are they dangerous?

Fictitious news source wrote:

13 killed in Web Developer Frenzy! "They caught me by surprise, it was instinct!" Cries a web developer who cannot be named for legal reasons.Calls for further restrictions on web developers, and a central web developer database have gained promenance over the years. This latest tragic incident will only add fuel to these demands.

BruceMorgan

Sven Groot wrote:

creditcard wrote: I bet most of the IE team is working on Silverlight.

I'm fairly sure that's not the same team.

The two have nothing to do with each other from an organizational perspective.

Silverlight is off with .NET and other developer technologies in DevDiv.

IE is part of the Windows & Windows Live team, under Steven Sinofsky, and that's part of Platform & Services Division under Kevin Johnson.

Remember, folks, Microsoft has tens of thousands of poeple in product development.

Bas
It finds lightbulbs.

Hmm, according to LiveSide, there will be disclosures on IE8 "during the Mix08 timeframe". In other words, four months to go.

littleguru
<3 Seattle

BruceMorgan wrote:
IE is part of the Windows & Windows Live team, under Steven Sinofsky, and that's part of Platform & Services Division under Kevin Johnson.

Remember, folks, Microsoft has tens of thousands of poeple in product development.

Steven Sinofsky...

Why should they abandon IE again? There is no real reason: right now with Firefox getting more popular each day Wink

Charles
Welcome Change

Make no mistake, Sinofsky does believe in Transparency. It's just that he is very cautious with respect to revealing information that may or may not be relevant in the context of reality (think WinFS and several other Vista constructs that never came to be based on the realities inherent in making quality software that you also ship).

We will definitely have IE8 coverage on C9, but only when they, the IE team, have realistic things to talk about that won't set expectations improperly....

I'd hazzard to guess that the IE 8 team is very busy at work on the next great IE. I'd also state that I have no real idea what they are doing, exactly, and that's fine. The point is, they ARE doing...

C

littleguru
<3 Seattle

Charles wrote:
Make no mistake, Sinofsky does believe in Transparency. It's just that he is very cautious with respect to revealing information that may or may not be relevant in the context of reality (think WinFS and several other Vista constructs that never came to be based on the realities inherent in making quality software that you also ship).

We will definitely have IE8 coverage on C9, but only when they, the IE team, have realistic things to talk about that won't set expectations improperly....

I'd hazzard to guess that the IE 8 team is very busy at work on the next great IE. I'd also state that I have no real idea what they are doing, exactly, and that's fine. The point is, they ARE doing...

C

No words agains Sinofsky. He DELIVERS what he says Smiley

But he doesn't say much until he delivers. But it's fine. I'm in no hurry since I'm happy with IE7 as it is right now Smiley

How much do I love this minimized UI! - lovely.