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Microsoft Insists IE7 is Standards Compliant

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the believe-when-it-renders-stuff-right dept.

ReadWriteWeb writes "Microsoft's Chris Wilson, the Group Program Manager for IE addresses the issue of whether IE7 is CSS and Web standards compliant. Last week a Slashdot post claimed that IE7 was basically non-compliant with CSS standards. But Chris Wilson says that isn't true and that standards improvements is a big part of IE7. He admits that there were a ton of bugs from IE6 that have caused web developers a lot of pain, but says that IE7 will address those and be standards compliant. He goes as far to say that IE7 supports Web standards even at the expense of more backwards compatibility."

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  1. Sounds familiar by smooth+wombat · · Score: 5, Funny

    "I'll respect you in the morning."
    "I won't *** in your mouth."
    "I'll pull out in time."
    "We're gonna make this the most secure OS ever!"

    Even Bush knows, "Fool me once, shame on me. Fool me twice, not gonna happen."

    Guaranteed, 100%, that IE7 will be less standards-compliant than either Firefox or Opera.

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    We will bankrupt ourselves in the vain search for absolute security. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
    1. Re:Sounds familiar by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      This is Slashdot. Your references are going to go right over everyone's heads.

    2. Re:Sounds familiar by 605dave · · Score: 3, Funny

      What Bush actually said was "Fool me once (pause) shame on (pause) you. (Long pause) Cause, cause you can't get fooled again." Old southern expression mangled in a way only GW can.

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      Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a difficult battle. - Plato
  2. Pesky problem by jbeaupre · · Score: 3, Funny

    IE7 still has the pesky problem, even after all the patches and rewrites, of being Internet Explorer from Microsoft.

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    The world is made by those who show up for the job.
  3. In other news.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Microsoft changes Web Standards to comply with IE7.

  4. Puff ball interview by RingDev · · Score: 4, Funny
    Now, I'm all for IE improvements. As a web developer with a large number of IE based users, any improvement to IE and its standards adoption is a good thing. But this interview read more like a fan boi in a dev shop that a journalist looking for answers. Especially this question:

    Richard: To clarify then, you're saying that with IE7 you're hoping to support as many of the CSS Web standards as possible, while also having that backwards compatibility. That's your vision for IE7, to definitely support Web standards?


    Did the interviewer have to remove his face from the interviewees crotch to ask him that question?

    -Rick
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    "Most people in the U.S. wouldn't know they live in a tyrannical state if it walked up and grabbed their junk." - MyFirs
  5. In Other News..... by Azeron · · Score: 5, Funny

    Satan insists AntiChrist 50 - 90% like Jesus.... except better.

  6. Re:"no official CSS test suite"??? by KDR_11k · · Score: 3, Funny

    You see, that's only for the W3C CSS standard. There is no official test suite for the Microsoft CSS standard.

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    Justice is the sheep getting arrested while an impartial judge declares the vote void.
  7. Re:Acid Test by ozmanjusri · · Score: 5, Funny
    Question is, do they use Acid for measurement?

    No, but the design team dropped a few tabs.

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    "I've got more toys than Teruhisa Kitahara."
  8. Other quotes from the article by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    "IE7 is Standards Compliant"

    "These aren't the droids you're looking for"

    "You can go about your business"

  9. Standards checklist by wardk · · Score: 4, Funny


    Only runs on Windows - check
    apple-like icons - check
    Tosses bs errors on competetitor sites - check
    runs viruses quietly - check
    ignores CSS specs MS doesn't use - check

    what's the problem?

  10. Re:cut MS some slack by WilliamSChips · · Score: 5, Funny

    For example, a Slashdotter got a girlfriend, that's proof that anything is possible.

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  11. $title ~= s/Compliant/Complaint/ by LAN+Lubber · · Score: 3, Funny

    Microsoft Insists IE7 is Standards Complaint

    That would have been the greatest typo evar...

    not to mention a truer assertion for M$ to make. ;)

  12. Re:cut MS some slack by cyborg_zx · · Score: 3, Funny

    These Slashdotter has a girlfriend?!? jokes are as cliched as the overlords joke.

    In Soviet Russia clichéd girlfriendless overlords welcome you.