Sure you can code your site so that it correctly handles all browsers; the trouble (for Microsoft at least) is that there are a LOT of poorly implemented sites which will fail to correctly support IE 7. Just think about all the sites which are not maintained anymore...
The problem for Microsoft is that many web applications use the following logic:
if (browser is Internet Explorer) then
emit HTML code that works around the numerous rendering bugs of IE
else (Mozilla, Netscape, Opera)
emit standards-compliant HTML code
With this kind of (flawed) logic, IE 7 will often be identified as IE, and hence be provided with IE 6-specific HTML code, whereas it should have been sent "correct" HTML code. The result may be, well, interesting:-)
I really don't see what Microsoft can do against this. They can't expect millions of web sites to be updated overnight just to support IE 7.
I don't agree. Rocard is able to talk about complex things, and everytime you learn something or your view on the subject changes.
Contrast this to people like Bush or Chirac:
everybody can understand every single word they say
taken alone, every sentence makes sense
but when you compare their words to their acts, you understand that it was only BS.
that's why he didn't make it very high in politics
Four years minister, plus three years prime minister: not so bad to me...
What about articles about new HP or Dell notebooks?
Next time that HP upgrades its notebooks, I propose that Slashdot runs a story about it; so that we can see if it generates 600+ comments in a few hours...
> You mean, I can hand IE an XML+XSLT combo, today, and it will turn out a beautifully printed document?
Well.... Since IE 5.5 SP2 (IIRC), IE knows how to perform XSLT transforms. You can use it to transform XML => XSLT.
To print a document, you need XSL-FO, which is rather a server-side technology.
As an XSLT developer, I agree that CSS is simpler and more readable. However: the "T" in XSLT stands for "transformation". It means that you can do things like generating a table of contents, a table of figures, etc. which would not be possible with just CSS.
The bottom line (at least for me): if you can do it with CSS, do it with CSS. But there are some cases where you will need XSLT.
Nobody has ever brought together the world of documents, media and structured information in giving you one simple set of verbs that lets you richly find, move around and replicate those things
Maybe he should have a look at iTunes and GMail.
For me, a kind of "iTunes for files", including smart queries, would be fairly enough. And it doesn't require a brand new file system and its instability risks...
I really like my Treo 600, it is a great replacement for my previous Palm + cell phone.
However, it is true that the "phone" side is not (yet?) perfect, I anxiously await the software update expected later this week.
It also true that the phone sometimes reboots (approx. once a week), but it boots as fast as Palm (and not as a PC!), and never lost any data. I can live with this...
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Sure you can code your site so that it correctly handles all browsers; the trouble (for Microsoft at least) is that there are a LOT of poorly implemented sites which will fail to correctly support IE 7. Just think about all the sites which are not maintained anymore...
The problem for Microsoft is that many web applications use the following logic:
:-)
if (browser is Internet Explorer) then
emit HTML code that works around the numerous rendering bugs of IE
else (Mozilla, Netscape, Opera)
emit standards-compliant HTML code
With this kind of (flawed) logic, IE 7 will often be identified as IE, and hence be provided with IE 6-specific HTML code, whereas it should have been sent "correct" HTML code. The result may be, well, interesting
I really don't see what Microsoft can do against this. They can't expect millions of web sites to be updated overnight just to support IE 7.
$2.4m/a day fines
How many chairs a day does it make in Redmond?
How can an organization like the RIAA justify wanting more than 99 cents per song when you can purchase 44 minutes of audio and video for two dollars?
Because people usually see a show once (maybe twice), but may listen to a song 100 times.
If a site is considered trustworthy, Netscape automatically renders it using the Internet Explorer method, for maximum compatability.
This in fact logical: only trusted sites should be visited with a browser as unsafe as IE.
I don't agree. Rocard is able to talk about complex things, and everytime you learn something or your view on the subject changes.
Contrast this to people like Bush or Chirac:
everybody can understand every single word they say
taken alone, every sentence makes sense
but when you compare their words to their acts, you understand that it was only BS.
that's why he didn't make it very high in politics
Four years minister, plus three years prime minister: not so bad to me...
From TFA:
For example, a PC with Longhorn might show all the music files together, whether they are on the local PC or another machine on the network.
I'm surprised, this already works on my WinXP machine. The application is named iTunes.
Oh wait...
I totally disagree. With Firefox, you now have the right to say "I didn't load this page, it has been automatically prefetched by my browser".
Still, it sucks, because bandwith will be used for nothing...
You can bet it works right from Windows and does not require a reboot.
You obviously did not understand the irony in my comment.
Dropping a game disc into an optical drive and loading it up immediately, rather than having to install it to a hard drive
As I understand, Microsoft is going to release games on a Knoppix LiveCD?
Next time that HP upgrades its notebooks, I propose that Slashdot runs a story about it; so that we can see if it generates 600+ comments in a few hours...
I tried, and finally gave up. Too complex. Not ready for prime time.
To print a document, you need XSL-FO, which is rather a server-side technology.
One day, CSS3 will have it. A few years later, Internet Explorer will support it, just as it cleanly supports CSS2 today :-)
In the meantime, XSLT might be useful.
The bottom line (at least for me): if you can do it with CSS, do it with CSS. But there are some cases where you will need XSLT.
Unfortunately, no. It has been corrected in the trunk, but Firefox 1.0PR is not using the latest version, it aims for "stability" :-(
It is not only corrected (as stated in the release notes), but I can also confirm that it now works.
However, for the layout bug affecting Slashdot...
Maybe it has one, but it is so well hidden that I can't find it!
BTW Firefox also has an RSS reader, not counting the Sage extension...
Maybe he should have a look at iTunes and GMail.
For me, a kind of "iTunes for files", including smart queries, would be fairly enough. And it doesn't require a brand new file system and its instability risks...
A universal, single connector including video, keyboard, mouse and network.
An iPod-size device that has one such connector. The device has a processor and a disk, which contains your favourite OS.
And you just plug your device at any connector that you find.
You don't need to specifically program each router. You just add a "password" mode which has 2 possible values:
"serial number" mode (the factory setting), where the username and password are checked against the serial number.
"regular" mode, with the usual logic.
A basic problem with factory settings are the well-known usernames and passwords. Why not simply set them to the device's serial number?
However, it is true that the "phone" side is not (yet?) perfect, I anxiously await the software update expected later this week.
It also true that the phone sometimes reboots (approx. once a week), but it boots as fast as Palm (and not as a PC!), and never lost any data. I can live with this...
All of the "copy protected" CDs that I ever bought were perfectly readable by iTunes, and are now nicely stored in MP3 format on my iPod.
Oh, maybe this is because I have a Mac :-)
According to the wikipedia, Jean-luc Picard was named after Dr. Jean Piccard, another balloonist!
Jean Piccard is also Betrand Piccard's grandfather.