- From: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jun 2004 07:50:38 +1000
Ian Hickson wrote: > Just to be clear, the WHATWG members intend for _new_ browsers to be able > to implement Web Forms 2, with special consideration being made for one > particular browser, IE6, due to its large market share. When did the term ?interoperable implementation? get expanded to ?internet-explorer-operable implementation?? Why should it matter that Internet Explorer has a large market share? Last time I checked, Microsoft wasn't even involved with this WG, so what makes you think they're even slightly interested in implementing any of the new features that you're introducing? It would be much better if, rather than trying to support an all-but-dead browser (being kept alive only by the millions of non-technical web users who don't know any better, or know how to install another), there was a campaign to either get IE to support existing standards, or to educate many more users about the benefits of switching, and how to install Mozilla, Opera, Safari or some other standards compliant browser. I think I said this best in my comment on Mezzoblue, so I'll just point you there. http://www.mezzoblue.com/archives/2004/06/09/whats_next/comments/#c005597 -- Lachlan Hunt http://www.lachy.id.au/ lachlan.hunt at lachy.id.au
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