--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jun 8, 2006, at 7:57 AM, TurquoiseB wrote: > > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > >> > >> A friend who is on the test team for MS internet explorer says the > >> reason it has not been added sooner to MSIE was because MS's emphasis > >> is on a "standards compliant" browser rather than one with lots of > >> bells and whistles, therefore MSIE will always be more conservative > >> compared to what's out there. > >> > > > > Gotta chuckle at your friend's naivete. IE has > > long been known as the *least* standards-compliant > > browser on the market. Microsoft seems to believe > > that if they do it, that constitutes a 'standard.' > > > All I know is when something doesn't work in Firefox, which > occasionally happens, if I go to MSIE, it always has worked. > Not sure why, it may be it handles *badly* written code better > and Firefox is too standards compliant.
I think the problem is that a lot of websites are created using Microsoft FrontPage, which creates proprietary, standards non-compliant HTML that will only display correctly in IE. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> You can search right from your browser? It's easy and it's free. See how. http://us.click.yahoo.com/_7bhrC/NGxNAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
