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Update on Standards and CSS in IE7

Posted by Hemos on from the good-to-know dept.

brajesh writes "Chris Wilson has posted on IEBlog about the Standards and CSS in IE7. According to the post, "In IE7, we will fix as many of the worst bugs that web developers hit as we can, and we will add the critical most-requested features from the standards as well. Though you won't see (most of) these until Beta 2". Further,"we will not pass this (Acid2 browse) test when IE7 ships.""

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  1. Re:Face it. by someonewhois · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Well, there's a typical anti-Microsoft remark. The only thing it's missing is the dollar sign on the S.

    Let's go over a few logical fundamentals:
    • Firefox doesn't pass the Acid2 test either. Neither does Opera. That's virtually an irrelevant point at the curernt time.
    • Bill Gates isn't the one coding the browser.
    • The browser wars were like the cold war. It kept both sides trying to get the upper edge on each other in any possible way. As a result, you get garbage output.
    • Microsoft is clearly saying they're working on standards, and they ARE.
    • At the time that the codebase of IE was starting, the w3 standards weren't as hyped as they were today. As a result, it's no surprise that Microsoft didn't listen to them.
    • Name one piece of software that doesn't crash. I know I've had all sorts of non-Microsoft software crash.

    Your post should be marked as a troll. You haven't got a clue what you're talking about.
  2. Mod parent up. by merreborn · · Score: 5, Insightful

    ... I was waiting for someone to point out the fact that no real browsers pass acid2. And lord knows firefox not only crashes on me once every week or two, and chews up ungodly ammounts of ram, and doesn't garbage collect in a timely manner.