Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008
Last month, Microsoft announced to general astonishment that the upcoming release of Internet Explorer will pass the Acid2 test of standards compliance. They even went as far as to publish a video containing interviews with leading members of the IE team and a fascinating inside look at their Acid2 quest. ...
Tags: acid2, ie, microsoft, opera | 4 Comments »
Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008
Most people seem to labor under the misconception that web standardization is a well-regimented, orderly process with a clear set of rules. In particular, the uninitiated believe that the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the anointed standards body for the web. Vendors get together, agree on some new markup ...
Tags: acid2, ie, microsoft, rants, standards, w3c, whatwg | 7 Comments »
Thursday, January 10th, 2008
Michael Calore of Wired delved more deeply into the Opera video that I mentioned yesterday. In particular, he took the logical step of contacting Opera PR to ask about David Rosen's off-the-cuff assertion that they are planning an iPhone port. Opera communications honcho Michelle Valdivia Lien's response is a PR ...
Tags: android, apple, browser wars, iphone, microsoft, mobile, mozilla, opera, webkit | No Comments »