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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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