So _you_ wrote non-standards compliant pages. Now _you_ can go back and change them. That's right, you bent over backwards supporting Microsoft's broken habits, now you can pay the piper. I stopped coding for IE around late 2006 and you know what? I do not need to recode anything that I've done since then.
If users insist on using a broken browser then I let them see a broken webpage. Let them know the headaches that MS has done to those who design the web. Better yet, let those who choose to use their products (and those who choose to support their products, like you) suffer the headaches now.
I'm full aware of the fact that some people stopped looking at my sites because IE doesn't display them nice. I suffered the loss of advertising income. And you know what? It was worth it.
At least their decision isn't going to mess with any other browsers. Yes, it will, that's probably the whole idea. Webdezinerz will _still_ code for IE6, knowing that IE6 code displays fine in IE>=6. MS can claim standards compliance, yet _still_ encourage the development of sites that don't work in any other browser. Brilliant.
Added bonus: having 3 rendering engines means that users need ++proccessor and ++memory upgrades. The hardware manufacturers will love MS, and will thank MS back by making sure that their products encourage the use of MS software (read: don't provide linux drivers).
Microsoft really had 4 options:
1) Don't try to support standards properly.
2) Obey the DOCTYPE, even though many programs and people put it on old pages which aren't going to render properly in a standards-compliant browser
3) Add a new flag that means "Yes, I promise I know about standards". I'm certain that those really are the four options as the IE dev team sees it.
Actually, for me it is the _only_ way to download music. In Israel, on a Linux computer, there is no way to legally download music. The few companies that offer downloads here, require a Windows client. And I'm not talking about local companies. iTunes is _not_ available for Israeli users.
Note that recently Amazon has been offering unhindered mp3 music and I did download "Sunspots" (NIN) just to test the service. Yes, of course I already own it on CD, but I wanted to make a few points to Amazon: 1) Nice move, providing the unhindered music. 2) Linux users (do they sniff UI?) are willing to pay. 3) Israelis need this service.
You are right, I don't distinguish in this case. Not because I don't see the distinction, but because I do not know Bobby personally, and so far as I know he's never actually hurt anybody, therefore he is lumped into the 'anti-jews' bin along with many others. Only distinguished members of that group that I know personally, or that are active in destroying me, are treated on a personal basis. Nasrallah, for instance, I will not forgive at death. Actually, I'd like to help him get there myself.
Since when has Zonk been responsible for checking CmdrTaco's four year old posts? And how did _you_ remember that one? I'm still waiting to hear the other 665 things wrong with that scenario.
Yes, the system was at Orange, and this was an international flight (not from the UK). So that is logical.
That said, where are the published conditions that dictate which security level is mandated? I could not find it, but I may not have been googling on the correct keywords.
Unfortunately, I live in a flat above an everlasting festival of university students. I've learned to hate types of music that I had never before imagined exist.
Thanks for describing XMPP. Jabber is XMMP. From the article (disclaimer: I wrote it): "Jabber is the trade name of the XMPP instant messaging protocol."
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So _you_ wrote non-standards compliant pages. Now _you_ can go back and change them. That's right, you bent over backwards supporting Microsoft's broken habits, now you can pay the piper. I stopped coding for IE around late 2006 and you know what? I do not need to recode anything that I've done since then.
If users insist on using a broken browser then I let them see a broken webpage. Let them know the headaches that MS has done to those who design the web. Better yet, let those who choose to use their products (and those who choose to support their products, like you) suffer the headaches now.
I'm full aware of the fact that some people stopped looking at my sites because IE doesn't display them nice. I suffered the loss of advertising income. And you know what? It was worth it.
Added bonus: having 3 rendering engines means that users need ++proccessor and ++memory upgrades. The hardware manufacturers will love MS, and will thank MS back by making sure that their products encourage the use of MS software (read: don't provide linux drivers).
Like the site in my sig does? (Disclaimer: I own it)
Here's one
bikonts?
Drag and drop: Hit the joint, and pass out
_Smart_ drag and drop: Hit the joint, and drop a stamp
Has no one else here even heard of LSD?
Actually, for me it is the _only_ way to download music. In Israel, on a Linux computer, there is no way to legally download music. The few companies that offer downloads here, require a Windows client. And I'm not talking about local companies. iTunes is _not_ available for Israeli users.
Note that recently Amazon has been offering unhindered mp3 music and I did download "Sunspots" (NIN) just to test the service. Yes, of course I already own it on CD, but I wanted to make a few points to Amazon:
1) Nice move, providing the unhindered music.
2) Linux users (do they sniff UI?) are willing to pay.
3) Israelis need this service.
My thoughts exactly. I get turned on by fondling my own dick, but I'm not gay.
You are right, I don't distinguish in this case. Not because I don't see the distinction, but because I do not know Bobby personally, and so far as I know he's never actually hurt anybody, therefore he is lumped into the 'anti-jews' bin along with many others. Only distinguished members of that group that I know personally, or that are active in destroying me, are treated on a personal basis. Nasrallah, for instance, I will not forgive at death. Actually, I'd like to help him get there myself.
Don't you mean, What whittled thumbs you have
I suppose that writing a novel on a cellphone might not be so difficult when your cellphone is a 3D mouse.
Since when has Zonk been responsible for checking CmdrTaco's four year old posts? And how did _you_ remember that one? I'm still waiting to hear the other 665 things wrong with that scenario.
He did get f1rst p0st...
I didn't mean that he was assassinated, just that he was an outspoken anti-American.
Yes, the system was at Orange, and this was an international flight (not from the UK). So that is logical.
That said, where are the published conditions that dictate which security level is mandated? I could not find it, but I may not have been googling on the correct keywords.
Unfortunately, I live in a flat above an everlasting festival of university students. I've learned to hate types of music that I had never before imagined exist.
I hope it's more than just Lojban grammar with English words.
You know, I actually read that in Festival's voice!
You mean, to tell users the truth instead of bending over backwards to support MS?
Robot: I Robot
Human: Tell me what I want to hear.
Robot: Tell you what you want to wear?