- From: Ka-Ping Yee <s-ping@orange.cv.tottori-u.ac.jp>
- Date: Sun, 30 Jun 1996 13:48:04 +0900
- To: Lee Daniel Crocker <lee@piclab.com>
- Cc: Thomas Reardon <thomasre@microsoft.com>, www-html@w3.org
Lee Daniel Crocker wrote:
>
> If MS really wants to make points here, don't bother preaching
> to the choir: have the balls to make a real press release
> affirming MS's commitment to standards in direct opposition
> to Netscape's clear contempt of them, and then follow through.
> Remove the page on microsoft.com that advocates — and other
> illegal character entities, and fix MSIE to support the correct
> ones. Add CSS1-based frames in addition to the old NS hack.
> Commit _now_ that MS will _not_ support the new Netscape-isms,
> put those functions into style sheets, and publicise how to use
> them correctly. Make the Internet Assistants for Word and Excel
> generate valid HTML with stylesheets. Commit to supporting
> PNG, so MSIE can actually read W3C's pages without gagging.
All excellent suggestions. May i add one more -- sorely needed.
Encourage consistently valid HTML:
Give MSIE a source view that highlights the markup and
*correctly* identifies valid and invalid markup, to help
repair Netscape's corruptions of what people think is right.
I've seen the word "commitment" on Netscape's site far too many
times now. Microsoft: this is your chance to show us what
"commitment" really means.
Ping
Received on Sunday, 30 June 1996 00:49:59 UTC