- From: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>
- Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 21:32:15 +1000
- To: Matt Freels <freels@gmail.com>
- CC: public-html@w3.org
Matt Freels wrote: > Wouldn't this breakage be mitigated by allowing users to manually fall > back on IE7 when needed? Such a feature would be useful for 2 groups: 1. Web developers needing to build and test for multiple IE's. They wouldn't need multiple installations, if they could easily switch rendering engines in the same browser. Having to run a Virtual PC just to test in IE6 these days is a pain. 2. Broken intranet apps. Sys admins could configure IE to use the old rendering engine for their broken intranet apps. Note: #2 should hopefully be a rare occurrence if we succeed and define HTML5 in a way that remains compatible with the web. If there is evidence that HTML5 breaks something, *that should be fixed in the spec* Netscape 8 did a similar thing with their IE/Firefox rendering engine switch, but their implementation was so messed up and obtrusive to the user, it failed miserably. I'm not suggesting IE copy Netscape and inflict such a horrible UI on the average user, but rather give the necessary control to sys admins and power users who need/want it. -- Lachlan Hunt http://lachy.id.au/
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