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It certainly wasn't an act of altruism, but the entire modern web can trace it's AJAXy roots back to Microsoft's decision to eschew web standards. Microsoft add
by ryandvm 12y ago
It certainly wasn't an act of altruism, but the entire modern web can trace it's AJAXy roots back to Microsoft's decision to eschew web standards. Microsoft added XMLHttpRequest to Internet Explorer so that they could develop Outlook Web Access.
IE may have had utterly stank HTML compatibility, but adding XMLHttpRequest and inventing AJAX was probably the single most profound changeset in the history of the web.
- Already__Taken 12y agoAlso isn't the css `box-sizing: border-box;` the box model IE wanted to go with in the first place? [I think this proves what i said right](http://www.paulirish.com/2012/box-sizing-border-box-ftw/ http://www.paulirish.com/2012/box-sizing-border-box-ftw/)
- reustle 12y ago"Inventing Ajax" does not excuse the behavior though. Plus, I'm sure someone else would have come up with a similar idea not long after.
- wantab 12y agoSuch as not supporting XHTML until IE9.