http://simonwillison.net/2009-08-14T14:53:50+00:00Simon Willison2009-08-14T14:53:50+00:002009-08-14T14:53:50+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Aug/14/ie6/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8196242.stm">Microsoft backs long life for IE6</a></strong></p> Oh FFS... “The software giant said it would support IE6 until 2014—four years beyond the original deadline.” <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/browsers">browsers</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ffs">ffs</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ie6">ie6</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/internet-explorer">internet-explorer</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/microsoft">microsoft</a></p>

2009-01-26T18:06:19+00:002009-01-26T18:06:19+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2009/Jan/26/coding/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/001216.html">Coding Horror: A Scripter at Heart</a></strong></p> Sigh. I cannot believe that the false distinction between “scripting” and “programming” is still being discussed. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ffs">ffs</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/flamewars">flamewars</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/jeff-atwood">jeff-atwood</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/programming">programming</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/scripting">scripting</a></p>

2008-09-15T10:39:47+00:002008-09-15T10:39:47+00:00https://simonwillison.net/2008/Sep/15/google/#atom-tag

<p><strong><a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/Google/?p=1141">Google wants your Hotmail, Yahoo and AOL contacts</a></strong></p> And they’re using the password anti-pattern to get them! Despite both Yahoo! and Hotmail (and Google themselves; not sure about AOL) offering a safe, OAuth-style API for retrieving contacts without asking for a password. This HAS to be a communications failure somewhere within Google. Big internet companies stand to lose the most from widespread abuse of the anti-pattern, because they’re the ones most likely to be targetted by phishers. Shameful. <p>Tags: <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/aol">aol</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/ffs">ffs</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/google">google</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/hotmail">hotmail</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/oauth">oauth</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/passwordantipattern">passwordantipattern</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/phishing">phishing</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/security">security</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/shameful">shameful</a>, <a href="https://simonwillison.net/tags/yahoo">yahoo</a></p>