RE: Versioning and the end user

• From: Chris Wilson <Chris.Wilson@microsoft.com>
• Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2007 14:53:23 -0700
• To: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@MIT.EDU>, "Preston L. Bannister" <preston@bannister.us>
• CC: "public-html@w3.org" <public-html@w3.org>
• Message-ID: <5C276AFCCD083E4F94BD5C2DA883F05A27D7192F29@tk5-exmlt-w600.wingroup.windeploy.nt>

Boris Zbarsky wrote:
>Preston L. Bannister wrote:
>> Please keep in mind that what matters the most is the end user.
>
>In my mind, what matters the most is keeping the web usable and at the same time
>preventing any one entity from having a chokehold on the way people access
>information that has been placed on the web or the way they place information on
>the web.

Shouldn't you be going after Flash, then, rather than IE bugwards-compatibility?

In all seriousness, "chokehold police" was not in the WG charter.  (Nor do I think it's appropriate here.)

Received on Tuesday, 17 April 2007 21:53:35 UTC