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Anyone taking bets on whether these features will have any compatibility with Microsoft's msSiteMode API in IE9?

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/gg131029.aspx

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The Facebook picture in the article is taken from this page:

http://areweprettyyet.com/5/desktopApps/

...which links to bug 605222, "add support for .website shortcuts, msapplication meta information in Windows 7":

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=605222

...which links to the exact MSDN page you're talking about.

Why should Firefox have to comply with a Microsoft specific API?

I didn't say that they had to. But, having a single API is preferable to writing everything twice but in a slightly different way. Although, Microsoft aren't doing themselves any favours by not even trying a standardisation path.

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