Re: The argument for |bugmode| (was Re: If we have versioning, it should be in an attribute, not the doctype)

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.

--Dao

Received on Thursday, 19 April 2007 20:52:59 UTC