On Nov 13, 2008, at 6:45 AM, Aryeh Gregor wrote: > On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 8:06 AM, Mikko Rantalainen > <mikko.rantalainen@peda.net> wrote: >> I'd assume that Microsoft would implement a raw TTF font support in >> their browser if it were supported by other major players (Mozilla, >> Opera, Apple) and free fonts were used on web sites. > > Just like they speedily implement all the other web standards that > every other browser already supports, right? Sure they'll do it if > lots of websites depend on it, but until they do it, no website *will* > depend on it. Nobody who runs a website (except possibly one targeted > toward, say, Linux or Mac users only) is going to require the use of > any technology until that tech is supported by IE. Microsoft can > refuse to implement anything it likes to. Yes, but we are used to our designs looking crappier in IE. Its called "progressive enhancement".
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