Tabbed-browsing is actually quite cool. I was skeptical once, thinking it was a different analogy to how, say, Microsoft Word or Excel handled multiple documents. Yet, the ability to quickly and easily hop between different pages while waiting for others to load is excellent - as is being able to load a tab group in one hit.

 

But what does really bug me about Internet Explorer 7's implementation is the terrible, terrible delay between opening a new tab page and when the address bar gets itself into sync.

 

The number of times I've opened a new tab, typed in an address - just to have it open back on the first tab - is beyond belief.

 

Microsoft! Get the address bar focus in sync!

I had a section on here where I listed things that peeved me off - such as hapless employees who can't do their job (might I add, largely found in non-profit orgs but certainly not exclusively so!) and public relation firms who can't accurately or efficiently dispense products for review then arrange couriers to return them.

 

After a little while I removed it because I didn't want to seem mean, especially because a lot of the traffic here comes from people interested in the Newcastle Coder's Group or my software, not just those who read my monthly articles in various publications.

 

However, I have to say, I love Rob Irwin's stuff - http://www.robirwin.com/iliketowatch/?p=79 and http://www.robirwin.com/iliketowatch/?p=77 are two examples :)

Check out this month's APC magazine for my spray on end users ;)