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> IE was cutting edge until Firefox. I was there. I call bullshit. Competitors like Opera and IE for Mac (a completely different codebase and product) could do
by bmn__ 5y ago
> IE was cutting edge until Firefox.
I was there. I call bullshit. Competitors like Opera and IE for Mac (a completely different codebase and product) could do alpha-transparent images in the background, CSS sibling selectors, display:table-* and dozens more. For a few fortunate Web developers who were strong willed enough to heed the call from Alistapart to standards compliant code, we were able to circumvent the lack of "cutting edge" features – typically already published years ago – by employing HTC <http://enwp.org/HTML_Components http://enwp.org/HTML_Components> and hiding this from other browsers with conditional comments. Nowadays this would be called a polyfill.
The reality is that IE suffered immense neglect.
- mongol 5y agoExactly. In order to call something cutting edge, it should be sharp. IE was frustratingly dull.
- jalfresi 5y agoI recall having an orange iMac on my desk specifically for testing because IE5.5 on the Mac was the most standards compliant browser on the market. Cant remember the exact year, but it was pre-millenium I think.