- From: David Wood <david@3roundstones.com>
- Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:14:32 -0400
- To: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Cc: public-lod@w3.org
On Oct 19, 2011, at 10:02, Kingsley Idehen wrote: > On 10/19/11 8:49 AM, Paul Wilton wrote: >> what is this IE6 that you talk about ? >> >> :) > > Internet Explorer 6. The browser that still dominates market share across WWW end-users :-) ...with less than 5% market share as of last March [1]. Also, most of those reported instances of IE6 usage may be due to the AVG Linkscanner bot, which uses an IE6 ID string [2]. I know IE6 has been a thorn in our sides for years, but maybe it is time to let it go. Regards, Dave [1] http://www.sitepoint.com/ie6-usage-below-5-percent-browser-trends/ [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_web_browsers#Overestimation > > > Kingsley >> On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Kingsley Idehen<kidehen@openlinksw.com> wrote: >>> On 10/18/11 1:49 PM, Jonathan Rees wrote: >>>> I'm not trying to be difficult, I just really don't get what you're >>>> saying. >>>> >>>>>> I believe the your quests was about a case for 303's. Which is >>>>>> basically >>>>>> another way of seeking a case for slash terminated URIs re. Linked >>>>>> Data >>>>>> deployment. >>>> Not exactly - I'm trying to build a case against hash URIs. >>> A case against hash URIs is that your deployment won't play well with IE 6. >>> The problem with IE 6 is that it sends # over the wire. Other browsers >>> don't. Thus, you (the publisher) has extra work on your hands should you >>> want your Linked Data deployment to cater to IE 6 users. This is why DBpedia >>> opted to use slash URIs since that meant a single set of re-write rules >>> without any exception oriented heuristics for IE 6 user agents. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Kingsley Idehen >>> President& CEO >>> OpenLink Software >>> Web: http://www.openlinksw.com >>> Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen >>> Twitter/Identi.ca: kidehen >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- > > Regards, > > Kingsley Idehen > President& CEO > OpenLink Software > Web: http://www.openlinksw.com > Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen > Twitter/Identi.ca: kidehen > > > > > >
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