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most of the standards have simply codified what was already in common usage. But there's a BIG difference between saying, "OK, pretty much all of the top 5 br
by kenjackson 16y ago
most of the standards have simply codified what was already in common usage.
But there's a BIG difference between saying, "OK, pretty much all of the top 5 browser manufacturers have implemented feature XYZ, and it is commonly used today by many popular sites in a standard way. Lets codify this."
vs
"WebKit just added this cool new feature. Opera implemented it two weeks after it shows up in WebKit. No one is really using it yet, but it's really cool. Write up a draft of it and now lets say its part of the standard (in-progress)".
That's not codifying common usage. That is some vendors in key positions in the standards body taking advantange of their positions.
- wvenable 16y agoI agree. It's dishonest to say that Microsoft isn't implementing HTML5. But they've actually said something much more subjective: that IE is not a "modern browser". The argument, which hasn't really been explicitly stated, is that a modern browser attempts to implement these new draft features before they're standardized. In the past, Microsoft was not shy about implementing all kinds of new HTML technology but since IE6 they've only been doing the minimum necessary. You can't get around to codifying a commonly used feature if it never becomes commonly used. And it's pretty clear that all these new HTML5 features will be in common use everywhere else long before the HTML5 standard is finished. So even though Microsoft is going to be releasing a new browser shortly, it'll be obsolete almost immediately.