Microsoft made waves this week by announcing that it plans to implement automatic, silent updates to push the latest version(s) of Internet Explorer. If you were hoping that silent updates will finally nail the coffin on IE6 and IE7, though, don’t hold your breath.

The Microsoft announcement is welcome news, and it has been generally well received. In fact, one of the most prevailing sentiments seems to be “it’s about time.” Google’s Chrome browser has been automatically updating for some time, and Mozilla already announced plans to implement a similar updating system.