Re: [WSG] CSS: writing-mode / MS runs W3C?

2004-05-03 Thread Chris Blown
t; > > > - Original Message - > From: "Chris Blown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WSG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 11:15 PM > Subject: Re: [WSG] CSS: writing-mode / MS runs W3C? > > > On Su

Re: [WSG] CSS: writing-mode / MS runs W3C?

2004-05-03 Thread Scott Barnes
CTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> To: "WSG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 11:15 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] CSS: writing-mode / MS runs W3C? > On Sun, 2004-05-02 at 23:55, Simon Jessey wrote: > > > Microsoft's dom

Re: [WSG] CSS: writing-mode / MS runs W3C?

2004-05-03 Thread Simon Jessey
il: [EMAIL PROTECTED]web : http://jessey.net/blog/work: http://keystonewebsites.com/   - Original Message - From: Chris Stratford To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 3:24 AM Subject: Re: [WSG] CSS: writing-mode / MS runs W3C? Another thing is...MS will eventually update IE...

Re: [WSG] CSS: writing-mode / MS runs W3C?

2004-05-03 Thread Simon Jessey
blog/work: http://keystonewebsites.com/         - Original Message - From: "Chris Blown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "WSG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 11:15 PM Subject: Re: [WSG] CSS: writing-mode / MS runs W3C? > On Sun, 2004-05-02 at 23:55, Sim

Re: [WSG] CSS: writing-mode / MS runs W3C?

2004-05-03 Thread Chris Stratford
I agree with you Chris, Another thing is... MS will eventually update IE... and the population will notice the "new" features... and hail IE as the best browser... Although all the other major browsers already support such features, but developers dont use a lot of the functions because its no

Re: [WSG] CSS: writing-mode / MS runs W3C?

2004-05-02 Thread Chris Blown
On Sun, 2004-05-02 at 23:55, Simon Jessey wrote: > Microsoft's dominant market position creates a condition where browser > enhancements and innovation are not very important. Sorry I must disagree. These _are_ important, not just to designers, but to all people who experience web pages on the In

Re: [WSG] CSS: writing-mode / MS runs W3C?

2004-05-02 Thread Chris Stratford
Wow Flamed :) When I said the worst browser. At the moment, in my eyes - IE is the worst thing to happen to webdevelopment. Imagine if FireFox had the margin share... I know IE started a revolution and the browser wars... and it won... I admit - I use IE a lot more than anyother brower. B

RE: [WSG] CSS: writing-mode / MS runs W3C?

2004-05-02 Thread theGrafixGuy
  theGrafixGuy http://www.thegrafixguy.com 503-887-4943 925-226-4085 (fax) From: Simon Jessey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 6:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [WSG] CSS: writing-mode / MS runs W3C?   Microsoft is indeed a major contributor to the World Wide

RE: [WSG] CSS: writing-mode / MS runs W3C?

2004-05-02 Thread Peter Firminger
AMEN Brother! Thanks for saying it. Kinda gets lonely out on this limb... (sorry for the content-free reply)   P From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Simon JesseySent: Sunday, May 02, 2004 11:56 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [WSG] CSS: writing

Re: [WSG] CSS: writing-mode / MS runs W3C?

2004-05-02 Thread Simon Jessey
Microsoft is indeed a major contributor to the World Wide Web Consortium, but the W3C is an independent organization. Financial and technical contributions come from a wide variety of industry sources. Microsoft certainly DOESN'T call the shots at the W3C.   You should never think of IE as "t