Jay Robinson

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Microsoft Store directly across from popular Apple Store in the Mall of America.

Dear God, why is Microsoft such a glutton for punishment?

"Browser makers like Microsoft and Mozilla should swallow their pride, take the unique features they’ve each brought to their respective browsers, and start figuring out how to develop them on top of WebKit — it’s the quickest way for web development to move forward as a whole."

— Dear Microsoft, Please Use WebKit by David Kaneda.

Microsoft continues to lower the bar for crappy, crappy design: Screenshots of Office Mobile 2010 →

Microsoft changes mind, Windows Phone 7 will *not* support WebKit CSS property →

Let me get this straight: Microsoft, for their “iPhone killer” (a vaporware device that practically rebels against usability, planned for introduction in Q4 2010, where it will face over 85 million iPhone OS devices as well as the 4th generation iPhone) starts to consider adopting WebKit CSS properties and online commenters talk them out of it??

And they actually listen??

Did the web dev community just punk Microsoft?

Windows Phone 7 Despises Beauty, Usability →

Microsoft Education Competencies: Humor →

Overdoing Humor

• May disrupt group process with untimely or inappropriate humor
• May use humor to deflect real issues and problems
• May use humor to criticize others and veil an attack
• May use humor to deliver sarcasm or cynicism
• May be perceived as immature or lacking in appropriate seriousness
• His/her humor may be misinterpreted

Guilty.

Via Mr. Scott Jackson.

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Jason Long:

Earlier UI concepts of Metro in Windows Phone 7 Series. Lots of interesting screens here, all falling into the “fun and stylish as graphic design, but questionable as UI design” department for me.

This looks a bit better than what was actually debuted. It’s laughable that words going off the screen can pass as “innovative” design.

esquareda:

Could this be the end of Internet Exploder!? Nah… probably not.

Internet Explorer 9: Platform Demos

IE9 Preview has proper border-radius implementation but fake their CSS animations using JavaScript. Native WebKit CSS animation looks as good as their fakey JavaScript eye-candy.

Gizmodo thinks Windows Phone 7 Series will suck for business. I’m sure it has nothing to do with that gorgeous UI.