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CSS Support IE 7.0's Weakest Link

Posted by timothy on from the can't-squash-superiors dept.

dilbertspace writes "Anyone who has ever developed a website knows that cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility is a nightmare, mainly due to Microsoft's willful non-compliance with the CSS2 standard. As this eWeek article points out, it seems Microsoft will continue their poor support for CSS2 even in the IE 7.0 release. This may have worked when IE was the only game in town, but now that Firefox is a serious player, it won't help them keep market share as they think it will."

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  1. Dupe support slashdot's weakest link by m50d · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's deja vu all over again. You'd think that when it's not just the same story but the same headline...

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    1. Re:Dupe support slashdot's weakest link by ari_j · · Score: 4, Funny

      Not exactly, although I thought the same thing at first. The old headline is CSS Support Could Be IE7's Weakest Link. Here, we have left out the "Could Be" and changed it to "IE 7.0," so it's entirely different, and therefore it's not a dupe.

  2. Confirmation by Chris+Kamel · · Score: 5, Funny

    Do we call this a dupe or a confirmation ?

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    1. Re:Confirmation by bprime · · Score: 2, Funny

      It's a dupe - only NetCraft has the authority to issue confirmations.

  3. Its CSS support is so weak.. by FidelCatsro · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..That the story had to be posted twice

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  4. Re:sorry by leon.gandalf · · Score: 0, Funny

    Its the treu Slashdot effect.... Its not a dupe ITS A REMINDER!

  5. I have a great comment on this story by gavri · · Score: 0, Funny

    But I think I'll polish it up over the weekend and post in for the next dupe

  6. Re:Don't count on it by kars · · Score: 5, Funny

    The public perception of the IE's security has declined.

    You mean it's improved, right?

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  7. Re:well duh by EtherAlchemist · · Score: 4, Funny


    microsoft doesnt conform to any standards

    Why conform to existing standards when you can make your own?

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  8. OMFG by EEPS · · Score: 2, Funny

    This has to be the biggest DUPE in history! .... second to that World War 1 and World War 2 thing... how unoriginal :)

  9. W3C CSS by soloport · · Score: 4, Funny

    No, this is the w3c-css supprted version of the story. The previous one supported only IE.

  10. Slashdot.org the movie by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Perhaps someone can make a movie about Slashdot.org... The plotline can be copied from Groundhog Day.

  11. Re:Duplicate, you moron editors by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    First you said, "Pay more attention to your own fucking site."

    Then you said, "Remind me not to copy/paste when I'm drunk."

    Apparently, we should also remind you not to post messages at all when you are drunk. I'm curious, do you also wear a wife beater and yell at your sister/wife to get the hell out of your bathroom/computer room? Damn redneck.......

  12. Re:M$ cares ... by The_Wilschon · · Score: 2, Funny

    the Longhornblogs network,

    Whoops, I misread that as the Longhornblows network...

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  13. Re:Firefox a major player? by westlake · · Score: 2, Funny
    I wrote my letter, and withdrew $20,000

    Most folks with $20K to play with are looking for a decent return on their CD, not a lever to promote an alternative browser.

  14. Re:Not a dupe! by trezor · · Score: 3, Funny
    • It's not the editors' fault that the eWeek article is just a summary of the Microsoft Watch article!

    Like it matters. This is after all slashdot, and no-one reads the fscking articles :)

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