Rincon: IE7's Hollow Bend

"Rincon" is the code-name for the next Internet Explorer version, IE7, announced recently by Gatesie to appear in beta form sometime later this year.

Dictionary.com defines "rincon" as:

An interior corner; a nook; hence, an angular recess or hollow bend in a mountain, river, cliff, or the like.

which I find mildly amusing, in light of information leaking out regarding the updated browser. Microsoft Watch has reported that Microsoft plan to include features such as tabbed-browsing, PNG image support, simplified printing and an RSS aggregator, but only a few updates to its abominable CSS2 support, the one thing developers across the globe are crying for.

So, on the surface, this all sounds like MS/Gates are rapidly trying to copy Firefox, consequently producing a hollow replica of Mozilla's winning browser.

And/or hollow promises from Gates. And/or hollow releases, simply to stay in the game, perhaps.