Comments on: A Standards Based Future http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2008/03/04/a-standards-based-future/ Robert Accettura's Personal Blog on Web Development and Tech Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:35:22 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kelson http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2008/03/04/a-standards-based-future/comment-page-1/#comment-286146 Kelson Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:45:01 +0000 http://robert.accettura.com/archives/2008/03/04/a-standards-based-future/#comment-286146 I've been meaning to put together a "Please, install anything but IE6!" page targeting end-users, possibly connected to the Alternative Browser Alliance (thanks for the nod, Leon!) but I haven't quite gotten around to it. There is the <a href="http://www.end6.org/" rel="nofollow">End6</a> campaign, but I can't bring myself to use their pop-up script. Conflicting principles. I’ve been meaning to put together a “Please, install anything but IE6!” page targeting end-users, possibly connected to the Alternative Browser Alliance (thanks for the nod, Leon!) but I haven’t quite gotten around to it. There is the End6 campaign, but I can’t bring myself to use their pop-up script. Conflicting principles.

]]> By: 127.0.0.1 http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2008/03/04/a-standards-based-future/comment-page-1/#comment-285760 127.0.0.1 Thu, 06 Mar 2008 08:32:54 +0000 http://robert.accettura.com/archives/2008/03/04/a-standards-based-future/#comment-285760 <strong>Internet Explorer 8 public beta...</strong> Ietwat onverwachts is Microsoft gestart met een publieke beta van Internet Explorer 8. Dat is het tweede goede nieuws in korte tijd. Of misschien wel het derde. Eerst was er de aankondiging dat Microsoft toch wel erg actief bezig is met de ontw... Internet Explorer 8 public beta…

Ietwat onverwachts is Microsoft gestart met een publieke beta van Internet Explorer 8. Dat is het tweede goede nieuws in korte tijd. Of misschien wel het derde.

Eerst was er de aankondiging dat Microsoft toch wel erg actief bezig is met de ontw…

]]> By: Robert http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2008/03/04/a-standards-based-future/comment-page-1/#comment-285151 Robert Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:51:52 +0000 http://robert.accettura.com/archives/2008/03/04/a-standards-based-future/#comment-285151 @funTomas: good point. Though Acid3 will at least catch the DOM side of things. My guess is ECMA will improve since without it HTML 5 proves pretty worthless, which will just frustrate developers further. @Leon: Yes there are. Only Browse Happy really targets end users, but none does a really good job of it. The goal is to encourage migration to modern browsers by [date]. @funTomas: good point. Though Acid3 will at least catch the DOM side of things. My guess is ECMA will improve since without it HTML 5 proves pretty worthless, which will just frustrate developers further.

@Leon: Yes there are. Only Browse Happy really targets end users, but none does a really good job of it. The goal is to encourage migration to modern browsers by [date].

]]> By: Leon http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2008/03/04/a-standards-based-future/comment-page-1/#comment-285131 Leon Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:10:56 +0000 http://robert.accettura.com/archives/2008/03/04/a-standards-based-future/#comment-285131 There are already a couple of cross-browser campaigns. The longest running is (I think) <a href="http://www.anybrowser.org/campaign/" title="AnyBrowser" rel="nofollow">AnyBrowser</a> but the <a href="http://www.alternativebrowseralliance.com/" title="Alternative Browser Alliance" rel="nofollow">Alternative Browser Alliance</a> and <a href="http://browsehappy.com/" title="Browse Happy" rel="nofollow">Browse Happy</a> are the other two I know of (unless you count StopIE). Not that it's what you're looking for, but <a href="http://geckoisgecko.org/" title="Gecko is Gecko" rel="nofollow">Gecko is Gecko</a> advocates for something very similar... There are already a couple of cross-browser campaigns. The longest running is (I think) AnyBrowser but the Alternative Browser Alliance and Browse Happy are the other two I know of (unless you count StopIE).

Not that it’s what you’re looking for, but Gecko is Gecko advocates for something very similar…

]]> By: funTomas http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2008/03/04/a-standards-based-future/comment-page-1/#comment-285116 funTomas Wed, 05 Mar 2008 12:49:05 +0000 http://robert.accettura.com/archives/2008/03/04/a-standards-based-future/#comment-285116 Well, in terms of HTML 5, MS will comply but they haven't mention ECMA compliance so I guess there's a catch. Well, in terms of HTML 5, MS will comply but they haven’t mention ECMA compliance so I guess there’s a catch.

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