Comments on: IE8 “Super” Standards Meta Tag http://blog.gordaen.com/2008/02/27/ie8-super-standards-meta-tag/ Ramblings about art, education, Linux and a lot more Mon, 12 May 2008 10:55:30 +0000 By: Around the Browsersphere #8 http://blog.gordaen.com/2008/02/27/ie8-super-standards-meta-tag/#comment-72044 Around the Browsersphere #8 Sun, 09 Mar 2008 22:27:34 +0000 http://blog.gordaen.com/2008/02/27/ie8-super-standards-meta-tag/#comment-72044 [...] Ian Clifton had some interesting points to make about the Internet Explorer team’s original stance on standards support in the forthcoming IE8. [...] […] Ian Clifton had some interesting points to make about the Internet Explorer team’s original stance on standards support in the forthcoming IE8. […]

]]> By: Ian Clifton http://blog.gordaen.com/2008/02/27/ie8-super-standards-meta-tag/#comment-69491 Ian Clifton Fri, 29 Feb 2008 20:32:22 +0000 http://blog.gordaen.com/2008/02/27/ie8-super-standards-meta-tag/#comment-69491 Uh oh, corporate competition! If it's anything like the optical disc wars, it will be a long time before either "wins" and then some more time before widespread adoption. It's good that there is support, but I wonder how long and to what extent that support will remain (I'm thinking like out Web Outlook is "supported" in Firefox...). Uh oh, corporate competition! If it’s anything like the optical disc wars, it will be a long time before either “wins” and then some more time before widespread adoption. It’s good that there is support, but I wonder how long and to what extent that support will remain (I’m thinking like out Web Outlook is “supported” in Firefox…).

]]> By: Josh Schumacher http://blog.gordaen.com/2008/02/27/ie8-super-standards-meta-tag/#comment-69177 Josh Schumacher Fri, 29 Feb 2008 05:40:29 +0000 http://blog.gordaen.com/2008/02/27/ie8-super-standards-meta-tag/#comment-69177 Surprisingly, Microsoft release Silverlight with Safari and Firefox support on both windows and OS X. They really want to compete with flash/AIR in the RIA future. I work with an amazing flash developer who actually thinks that we might see some Silverlight traction picking up in the near future. Surprisingly, Microsoft release Silverlight with Safari and Firefox support on both windows and OS X. They really want to compete with flash/AIR in the RIA future. I work with an amazing flash developer who actually thinks that we might see some Silverlight traction picking up in the near future.

]]> By: Ian Clifton http://blog.gordaen.com/2008/02/27/ie8-super-standards-meta-tag/#comment-69002 Ian Clifton Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:30:37 +0000 http://blog.gordaen.com/2008/02/27/ie8-super-standards-meta-tag/#comment-69002 Haha, that was pretty much my take on silverlight after the couple of sentences I read about it. They will definitely make things more of a pain, but at least I can mostly ignore them for my personal pages. Haha, that was pretty much my take on silverlight after the couple of sentences I read about it. They will definitely make things more of a pain, but at least I can mostly ignore them for my personal pages.

]]> By: Luke Maciak http://blog.gordaen.com/2008/02/27/ie8-super-standards-meta-tag/#comment-68998 Luke Maciak Thu, 28 Feb 2008 05:50:14 +0000 http://blog.gordaen.com/2008/02/27/ie8-super-standards-meta-tag/#comment-68998 MS has been trying to embrace-and-extend the web for years now. It was successful for a while but lately with the new browser war even the crappy web developers started to adjust their code for Firefox. So microsoft needs new ways to break compatibility. IE8 metatags are step one. Step two is silverlight which probably won't ever work with Firefox and will never be ported to any other OS. I think they also wanted to "extend" RSS feeds at one point. Same old tricks. Fortunately the internet is pretty robust and it routes around this kind of intentional damage. They will most likely fail, but not without making our lives tat much less convenient. MS has been trying to embrace-and-extend the web for years now. It was successful for a while but lately with the new browser war even the crappy web developers started to adjust their code for Firefox.

So microsoft needs new ways to break compatibility. IE8 metatags are step one. Step two is silverlight which probably won’t ever work with Firefox and will never be ported to any other OS. I think they also wanted to “extend” RSS feeds at one point.

Same old tricks. Fortunately the internet is pretty robust and it routes around this kind of intentional damage. They will most likely fail, but not without making our lives tat much less convenient.

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