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Why would not supporting flash be bad?

This was in reference to the pre-edit version, where he said it was to be based on IE6.

In comparison to that prospect, an IE7/8 mishmash is oddly comforting.

It's kinda sad for Win7 Phone. Right now, all the browser innovation is beginning to have its base on mobile devices. I think it's thanks to the webkit implementation on the iPhone that traction for HTML5 has accelerated on the last two years.

All modern smartphones have some kind of HTML 5 support and most mobile websites use the iPhone as their main target. So it is sad to see so many good decisions on Win7 Phone going to waste because of really old/legacy technology.

I guess it's impossible for Microsoft to use Webkit, politically speaking.

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