- From: Brad Neuberg <bkn3@columbia.edu>
- Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 10:32:03 -0700
I have several questions and concerns. First, what exactly is the stance in regard to IE 6 compatibility for Web Forms 2.0 and Web Applications 1.0? I've been hearing things lately concerning Web Applications 1.0 that seem like they would be very difficult, impossible, or cause slow performance if emulated in IE 6. Whats the exact relationship between these specs and IE 6? Will there be a baseline of support in IE 6, a low water mark? Second, what is the relationship of HTML 5 to these two specs? Who is developing this standard? At first glance it seems like a large dependency. Third, is there a timeframe for completing these two specs and for getting actual implementations out the door? I'm concerned that proprietary web app/rich web app defacto standards will succeed faster than the WHAT-WG, like Flash and Avalon, and one of the things that attracted me to the WHAT-WG was its focus on being real-world and pragmatic, getting it out the door rather than getting it perfect, co-opting and using existing de-facto standards like innerHTML rather than rolling new ivory tower ones. Would hard deadlines on both specs, including deadlines for implementations, help this? I don't want to end up with another SVG, a giant spec that was announced, took years to develop, and still doesn't have real implementations or critical mass. We need this stuff yesterday; it's just too important. ;) Best, Brad Neuberg Brad Neuberg, bkn3 at columbia.edu Senior Software Engineer, Rojo Networks Weblog: http://www.codinginparadise.org ===================================================================== Check out Rojo, an RSS and Atom news aggregator that I work on. Visit http://rojo.com for more info. Feel free to ask me for an invite! Rojo is Hiring! If you're interested in RSS, Weblogs, Social Networking, Java, Open Source, etc... then come work with us at Rojo. If you recommend someone and we hire them you'll get a free iPod! See http://www.rojonetworks.com/JobsAtRojo.html.
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