Re: [Dev-C++] OT: MS IE

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Arnout Standaert wrote:
>  >> simply: the problem with MS is not IE 6, the problem is that there 
> is >> no IE 7 (or 6.5 at least)
> 
> No, the problem _is_ with IE 6.0 too. It's implementation of web 
> standards shows major holes, and require IE-specific workarounds by 
> website developers. It can be bloody hard to design a website with HTML 
> and CSS, and make it look exactly the same in Mozilla and IE.

I have to second that, as I HAVE made a webpage to be compatible with 
both browser, AND even with Konqueror 2 (KDE 2's browser), and I must 
tell you: it WAS hard. The most problems probably were with default 
values (CSS), as some used this as default, so it looked good on them, 
but the other needed explicit specification, otherwise it screwed up, so...

The MAIN problem is, however, I think is javascript. Just look at ANY 
javascript code on the net: they most likely have
if (IE) {...}
if (NS) {...}
...
so that's also a headache.

I think it won't change for some time. Not as long as MS decides to be 
as standards-incompatible as possible. Just look at Kerberos. Those very 
useful MS "extensions" as they call it, do nothing more than forcing 
developers to use and buy the MS version - as consumers use MS mostly.

Oh, and one last thing: there is no such thing: "MS innovation". MS only 
bought things, even DOS was bought. Whoever counts as a "threat" to MS 
is usually bought by MS (assimilation). OpenSource luckily prevents 
this: that's why I like it the most.

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Greetings,
   Balázs