Application Integration

OK, well, in contrast to the message box in my previous blog entry, today I was presented with this great message from IE7:

Ah yes, that's what I like - nice tight integration between applications.   In all likelihood I'll probably still read my RSS feeds using Bloglines (on Firefox!), but anything that encourages my non-technical friends and family to start making use of RSS is a real boon in my opinion.

Another great bit of integration from MS that I do make use of is the ability to flag a task in OneNote 2007 and have it appear in Outlook's task list. Very useful indeed. For more examples of the integration between OneNote and Outlook, see Chris Pratley's blog.

I have to say that I'm really impressed with the quality and quantity of stuff coming out of Redmond recently - especially the betas of Vista and Office 2007.