Last spring, one of my clients, whose wife is a real estate agent, had to buy Windows XP to install on his new MacBook Pro. Now he didn’t want to use Windows, but the multiple listing service his spouse’s employer signed up with had a Web-based service that required Internet Explorer for Windows.
That was a [...]

As some of you may have heard, Microsoft has been making an effort to be a trifle innovative in the user interface of Internet Explorer 7 and the forthcoming Office 2007 for Windows. The default look, for example, ditches the traditional menu bar, which means you no longer see such familiar labels as File, Edit, [...]

I try to maintain a positive outlook on my work, and do my best to make sure that I publish accurate information. When I review a new product, I want it to be the release version, even if that version has problems. Yes, I cover betas sometimes, clearly labeled as such, with appropriate warnings.
In this [...]