Posted by SpaceGirl on 10/09/07 16:50

Ben C wrote:
>> Despite its nostaglic exigency, html/css does seem very much like a
>> dead end in the future - especially with the browser-barons' lack of
>> concordance.
>
> No, this is nonsense, and SpaceGirl's interpretation of history is also
> a bit suspect.

Nah I'm quite aware of the history, Microsoft of course did abuse their
position, but OS software didn't really help either.

> It's got nothing to do with geeks not understanding Users either. The
> W3C standards and specifications are a compromise between trying to
> explain what browsers already do and steering them towards a common
> direction. They are doing a good job.

They ARE doing a good job, yes. I'm not going to have a go at Mozilla, I
think they do amazing work. But, innovation rarely comes from Open
Source. It's the nature of the beast - PROGRAMMERS not UI or HID experts
design these programs. When dealing with humans, the UI should come
first, the programmy stuff last.

> There are two main reasons for differences between browsers now: some of
> them just haven't done all the work yet to meet the specs; and the specs
> are so complicated (mostly because of all the historical baggage) that
> in places they aren't always that easy to follow. But this improves with
> every new draft as things get pointed out and clarified.

This is true, but it's to slow. WWW is moving SO fast now, the market is
streaming ahead of what OS can keep up with. Where are the altneratives
to Flash? Where are these miracle browsers that meet all the standards?
Where's the innovation? Answer: Closed source. Adobe. Microsoft.

> I doubt anyone is arrogantly _deliberately_ not following the standards,
> although I suspect Microsoft may be being deliberately a bit reluctant
> about catching up.

Yeah probably :(


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