Star Internet Explorer 7 Will Not Be Integrated Into Windows
Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 28th Mar 2006 17:02 UTC, submitted by Nehemoth
Internet Explorer BusinessWeek is reporting that Microsoft's next release of Internet Explorer, version 7, will not be integrated into Windows. Breaking nearly ten years of tradition, Internet Explorer was always very tightly integrated into Windows, allowing users to do such things as launch a website directly from any Windows Explorer window, or save a live web page as the desktop wallpaper.
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RE[4]: It's all about security
by siride on Tue 28th Mar 2006 18:08 UTC in reply to "RE[3]: It's all about security"
siride
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2006-01-02

And more importantly, KDE is just normal software that runs as a low-privilege user. It's not part of the OS, it's not even part of X11, which is itself not part of the OS (except for DRM drivers in the kernel). It's a far cry from Microsoft's level of integration.

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RE[5]: It's all about security
by Tom K on Tue 28th Mar 2006 21:50 in reply to "RE[4]: It's all about security"
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2005-07-06

IE and Explorer are also normal software that runs at your account's privilege level. They're not part of the OS, or even a part of the window server, let alone the kernel.

Not much different eh?

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