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IE7 Compatibility a Developer Nightmare
yavori writes "Internet Explorer 7 has kicked in at last on all MS Windows OS running PCs because of the fact M$ decided to force it's users to migrate through update. In fact this has started a IE7 Web Developers Nightmare. The article actually explains that most of the small company B2C sites may just fall from grace because of IE7 incompatibility. One of the coolest thing IE7 is unable to do is actually processing form data when clicked on an INPUT field of TYPE IMG... which is pretty uncool for those using entire payment processes with such INPUT fields."
I AM A FISH!
why did the EU have to settle for just Windows Media player?
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I see the $ as referring not to capitalism but to Microsoft's heritage as a developer of BASIC language interpreters, from Altair BASIC through Applesoft BASIC, GW-BASIC, QBasic, and Visual Basic to VB.NET. Line numbered BASIC dialects used the $ sigil on string variables:
In this way, saying M$ to refer to "random BASIC vendor" is no different from saying $PHB to refer to "random out-of-touch manager" (as described in Jargon File: Hacker Writing Style).
Using M$ in Slashdot comments' subject lines has another advantage: it abbreviates "Microsoft" to save seven bytes out of the 50 permitted in a subject, without inviting comparison to multiple sclerosis.
Or they just gave them another year of fat paychecks with their job security efforts forcing web design rework.
There's different ways of looking at things.... this is like security things as well, if MS was really secure out of the box, it would wipe out quite a few jobs in big corporations, and most of the whitebox shops-they make their money fixing what is allegedly "broken". That's reality, it is designed to keep you busy in various ways.
I am not saying I approve of it, far from it, I certainly don't, it is called the "broken windows" method of doing business (you can go google for that term, it exists and fits perfectly and is quite aptly named, IMO), but that's how the industry has worked for a long time now. It has driven hardware upgrades, it has driven the employ of thousands (millions really planet wide) in various fields, and will continue to do so. It is sure aggravating, but funny, I don't recall hearing from anyone who made a dollar off of broken windows complaining they didn't want to make that dollar. There are still a lot of jobs out there that require not sitting down in a climate controlled office and typing up stuff in front of a screen,and anyone is welcome to go apply for them. Oh wait, that might be REAL work, as in physical labor type work, as in standing up and carrying heavy tools that weigh a lot more than your designed for girly men arms laptop out in the hot sun or rain or mud or freezing sleet, for much less pay.
Yes, it could very well mean that. Or sitting on an assembly line in a loud stinky factory, or crawling under peoples houses to fix their shit packed pipes, or standing on the line at a meat proceesing facility, or any number of other types of employment that you get your hands (and the rest of you) dirty with, and where there's little need to go to some yuppie gym because by the end of the day because you are worn out. Make your choice complainers, go ahead, nothing is stopping you. My guess is 99% of the office workers typing, deving-away and designing-away will just suck it up and keep their office jobs if at all possible. 1% will go back to working real jobs other than in the office from extra typing just being too much of a hassle and annoyance, but once hooked on that climate controlled environment, very few people want to willingly give it up. That's your tradeoff, so ask yourself, you want it cushy, or hard? If you want it cushy, be glad very few people realise how unnecessary your paycheck really is due to the constantly broken by design perpetual betaware that most software is, especially as designed and implemented by the amazing microsoft cash cow milking machine.