| Microsoft and Webmasters | | | | besides the new Longhorn look. I see one day |
| | | | Microsoft will have a fully supported W3C Standards |
| Does Microsoft care for Webmasters | | | | browser. Most people's wishes on the next version of |
| It's always been a problem with websites appearing | | | | IE are basically Standards support. |
| exactly the same on different platforms. As a web | | | | The main issue with IE as far back as IE 5 on a |
| developer / webmaster it is extremely difficult to | | | | Windows platform has been rendering CSS2 and |
| make user experiences rich by having the site look | | | | Transparent PNG24 images. IE does not support |
| the same in any OS / Browser. The biggest problems | | | | Transparent PNG24 files as it will display a grey |
| they have with there famous Internet Explorer | | | | background with the image. |
| browser is security issues and W3C Standards | | | | My list of things Microsoft needs to support/fix |
| compliance issues. | | | | - W3C Standards Support |
| Does Microsoft have a vision of having the world's | | | | - Security |
| most popular browser still? Yes but currently IE is | | | | - Full HTML 4.01 / XHTML / XML / XSLT support |
| dropping it's rate pretty fast as Mozilla and Firefox | | | | People may think I am crazy for not being |
| support CSS2 and PNG Transparent Alpha where's IE | | | | Anti-Microsoft but even though they ether have tons |
| does not support. What's really interesting is IE 5 for | | | | of flaws or don't support something like W3C |
| Mac supports both CSS2 and PNG Transparent Alpha | | | | Standards in there products I still love Microsoft and |
| but IE for Mac development has been discontinued. | | | | there products and always will until the day Microsoft |
| Makes me think Microsoft likes Apple more then | | | | falls or I die. |
| there own Flagship Product "Windows". | | | | What happens if Microsoft does not support W3C |
| So why is it important for Internet Explorer to follow | | | | Standards in there next version of IE? |
| the W3C Standards? | | | | Well there are ways to fix the compliance problems |
| - Makes it easier on a developers end to produce 1 | | | | they have with the W3C Standards. Tonight I |
| website that looks great on other browsers besides | | | | thought of a possible development of a plug-in that |
| just IE | | | | allows IE users to render content currently supported |
| - Provides developers with more choices for design | | | | by other browsers but not IE. As for previous |
| formats a.k.a. PNG24 with Transparency, CSS2, etc. | | | | versions of IE that don't render content the plug-in |
| that want to develop for Internet Explorer. | | | | would be basically be compatible with IE 5.x to the |
| - Make IE continue to be the worlds #1 web browser | | | | latest in Longhorn as people may not have money to |
| A look into Microsoft's next generation Longhorn with | | | | buy a new high-end computer for just Longhorn. I |
| IE | | | | am sure there are other ways besides a plug-in to |
| I am sure you have heard of the next big OS that is | | | | make IE render correctly but a plug-in is the only |
| a few years away from the final release. As IE is | | | | thing I could think of. |
| only up to version 6.05 there's not much difference | | | | |