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Re: The nonsense of removing IE
Author: Robert Cassidy Posted: 4/30/2000; 1:18:08 PM Topic: scriptingNews outline for 4/29/2000 Msg #: 16809 (In response to 16808) Prev/Next: 16808 / 16810
Here's a stupid and naiive question:Why hasn't the big complainers regarding lack of web standards (Apple, IBM, Adobe etc.) just written a check to W3C to have them administer the development of an engine for each platform (common code base, perhaps) with the provision that it properly include all standards within a predetermined time after approval?
Basically hand the engine back to the academics and let industry do what they will with the UI - hell, even RealBasic could manage the UI so anyone could make a browser. MSFT has gotten close to this with IE5/Mac (much to everyones amazement), but the engine isn't available.
Dave, this would deliver the standard HTML engine that MacOS lacks and deliver it to everyone equally.
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- Re: The nonsense of removing IE, Dave Winer, 4/30/2000; 1:26:40 PM
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