superdavid

IE8 on Windows 7. The shape and colouring of the tabs gives it away.

Worked for me, but too buggy to be considered more convenient than using the phone itself.

That too, but more specifically: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000069.html

In that article, he talks about Netscape's biggest mistake being the decision to rebuild from scratch for version 5 (which went on to become the Mozilla suite).

Very reminiscent of a Joel on Software article

I've always used Chrome because it has the least browser chrome when maximised: tabs, address line with 4 icons, no status or frame or anything else.

If IE9 is refined to the point where it only has tabs, address bar and a few icons all in one row, it could be a winner from an interface perspective.

It's worth noting that if you do resort to pushing the company into bankruptcy, at best you'll get nothing, and at worst you'll make things even more difficult for the founders than they already are.

They're still there, but not a very hot topic.

For new concepts, the web is a much more attractive platform - quicker development, fewer (but not no) compatibility issues between platforms, etc.

A trimmed-down mobile app usually means that the desktop app is unnecessarily bloated - the "get to the right information quickly" goal is just as appropriate on the desktop as on a mobile.

Even where other jurisdictions have made laws, often very little has been done.

For instance the European Union was due to be fully compliant by 2010, but not a single government is likely to make the deadline: http://www.headstar.com/eablive/?p=441

The equivalent of an app store fee is a pay-wall to the application. It would probably drive away more customers than the equivalent app store fee, but I don't think it is defeating the point at all.

Offline access is a problem.

Are there likely to be the same lowest-common-denominator problems as you get with cross-platform development of console games, or those seen with Java apps like OpenOffice.org?

Use what you're good at. If you're good at neither, it's time to find another day job.

It is a very strange middle child between WinMo 6.5 and Windows Phone 7. Who knows who thought it would've been a good idea...