> It looks like MS is finally starting to pay attention to the web > developers again. Here's a quote from a recent c|net article: > "[Bill] Gates also pledged to bolster the company's development > efforts on Internet Explorer, which he said has lagged in recent > years. 'In a sense we're doing a mea culpa, saying we waited too > long for a browser release,' Gates said. 'I expect us to move > very very rapidly there because we see great opportunities.'"
Call me paranoid (AND off-topic), but that sounds more like "Let's see how FireFox does hitting a fast moving target". Time and again, MS has shown that they might not be the fastest on the uptake (IE 6 was released on August 27th, 2001, if my googling serves), but once they do get moving they can apply a whole lot of developer hours to a given problem. As for the Active-X thing (can't be bothered making two posts) - it's also currently at the heart of xmlHttpRequest. /t ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:236447 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
