Alfonso Martínez de Lizarrondo schrieb: > >> 1.c We have _one_ more opt-in, namely <!DOCTYPE html>, and MS doesn't >> officially support it until the standards compliance is reasonable. >> > > So you say that MS shouldn't release new bugfixes related to standards > rendering "until the standards compliance is reasonable"? Yes. > What's reasonable? Reasonable is when fixing remaining bugs won't break a remarkable part of the web. Just take a look at IE's competitors. > How can you check that everything that you want is fixed if they don't > release new versions? By maintaining a bug list, running test suits and doing alpha releases. > Chris is saying that they plan to use <!DOCTYPE html> to trigger the > new standards mode, but only MS knows how many fixes they plan to add > in that mode That's right and that's also what I'm trying to argue about with Chris. I honestly think making the new mode an actual standards mode is the best solution for all participants. > I don't like the idea of having to deal as a web author with several > IE engines at the same time That's because they're all broken at different levels. Ultimately, we want an engine that's not broken. --DaoReceived on Thursday, 19 April 2007 20:52:59 GMT
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