I agree... IE is definitely improving rapidly, and I'm also a fan of its developer tools. Most importantly for me IE6 is no longer the lingua franca of corporate environments. These days with Windows 7 more or less standard, IE9 is often now the lowest common denominator, which provides decent HTML5 support.
When it comes to the Surface2, I'm not sure the issue is the technology or user-interface as much as a critical mass being required. I actually think the UI stacks up well enough compared to the iPad / Android pads. But it's market share simply isn't big enough for it to be seen as cool. On 24 September 2013 16:08, Ian Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: > Nathan Chere: On a related note, I’ve been focusing on getting up to date > again with web UI and funnily enough IE seems to support standards better > than Chrome without requiring vendor-specific prefixes. Plus the developer > tools are surprisingly good.**** > > ** ** > > Wot I sed**** > > ** ** > ------------------------------ > > **Ian Thomas** > Victoria Park, ****Western Australia******** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto: > [email protected]] *On Behalf Of *Nathan Chere > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 24, 2013 3:06 PM > > *To:* ozDotNet > *Subject:* RE: Mark II**** > > ** ** > > “they can’t even get IE to conform to the HTML standard..when I develop > web apps….IE is always where the problems occur”**** > > ** ** > > On a related note, I’ve been focusing on getting up to date again with web > UI and funnily enough IE seems to support standards better than Chrome > without requiring vendor-specific prefixes. Plus the developer tools are > surprisingly good.**** > > ** ** > > Haters gonna hate and all that, but it looks like they’re finally getting > IE right.**** > > ** ** >
