[thelist] IE and Standards Compliance (was: Re: news.com article on browsers and mainstream sites etc..)

[Tom Dell'Aringa]

--- James Aylard <evolt at pixelwright.com> wrote:
> Tim,
>
> > The problem, as I see it, is that there will never, ever be a
> version of
> > Internet Explorer that does not include some proprietary
> functions.
>
>     I'm going to avoid the anti-Microsoft topic -- that's old
> ground that I
> don't care to cover. But despite the Microsoft hype about the need
> to
> innovate, it is, in fact, true that many of these proprietary
> extensions are
> a form of innovation. As such, IMO, they can add value and provide
> a
> positive contribution to web development.<snip>

Along those lines, one feature we are using of IE is that is allows
native display of VML, which until very recently no other browser
could - I am not sure however about the new crop of Geckos out there.

Tom

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