- From: Edward Barrow <edward@copyweb.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 14:25:23 -0500 (EST)
- To: "'Dunbar, Jennifer L Ms MAMC'" <Jennifer.Dunbar@nw.amedd.army.mil>, "'www-html@w3.org'" <www-html@w3.org>
On Tuesday, February 27, 2001 4:54 PM, Dunbar, Jennifer L Ms MAMC [SMTP:Jennifer.Dunbar@nw.amedd.army.mil] wrote: > As a student to the world of website building, I am wondering about a > fundamental question. The w3c is an agreed upon entitiy that > maintains/monitors/develops the language of the web (html,xml, etc). If > this is the case, why is it that all "up to date" browser programs do not > support all included "tags" for this language? Maybe I am over simplifying > this problem? > One or other - standards bodies or the browser-makers - must lead the innovation process. Until the w3c, it was the browser-makers, and the competition was messy (frames, layers, tag soup)... It is, I think, healthy that innovation is now led by the public standards bodies, and that the browser-makers increasingly claim to be "standards-compliant"; although the pace is perhaps slower than at the height of the browser wars, the change - along the lines mapped out by the w3c - is more predictable. Nevertheless, it is important not to be complacent; large corporations like Microsoft always hanker after the competitive advantage that accrues from controlling innovation. Edward Barrow new media copyright consultant http://www.copyweb.co.uk/ ***Important: see http://www.copyweb.co.uk/email.htm for legal disclaimers***
Received on Tuesday, 27 February 2001 17:03:57 UTC