I just read an interesting article on the new browser war which contains a chilling prediction: “Make no mistake: Microsoft really hates the web… One of the purposes of Longhorn is to destroy the web as we know it”.

There’s a lot of talk around the web at the moment prompted by the news that Microsoft will no longer produce updates to their ubiquitous Internet Explorer (IE) web browser. At face value one could be forgiven for thinking that this is good news for the web and for anyone interested in seeing standards compliant browsers gain market share, there is however a more sinister story to be told. Microsoft’s decision to wait until the release of Longhorn (the next version of the Windows operating system) before updating IE could in fact be a terrible blow to the cause and to the freedom of the web.

If you don’t already know what’s so bad about IE, read on…

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Oh dear, it’s been a while hasn’t it? I’ve been neglecting this little online diary of mine over the last few weeks so today I’ve decided to bite the bullet, get back on the horse, use several other cliches that I can’t quite draw to mind and get writing again. Not much has been happening of late, I’m reaching the end of an ongoing project at work, one which I’ll be very glad to finally get out the door. I can’t really show it to you yet, but as soon as it’s public I’ll post a link.

Some exciting news, I’m off to WWDC in San Francisco at the end of June. Crazily the cost of the flight drops to under half in I fly out two days early and spend the weekend there, so it’s cheaper to just get two more nights at the hotel. If I stay in the hotel I want to I’ll have decent internet access so I’ll be uploading photos and reports of my first trip to the USA. I’m not quite sure what I’ll do with myself, all alone in San Francisco for a whole week, so if anyone has any suggestions of things to do then they’d be gratefully received.