This is what happens when you give people a soapbox

A couple of days ago, Chris Wilson wrote this about IE and standards:

    http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2005/03/09/391362.aspx

A good, insightful read.  Thanks Chris.  Now scroll down and look at all of the comments that the nerds have left against the post.  Some of these kiddies really need to sit back, stop reading all those archives over at EVOLT and really learn about communication skills and the art of presenting a point of view.  C'mon lads, take your headphones off, kill those 40 apps that are currently running on your machine, look up from behind your screen and view the world.

6 Comments

  • I thought it was a good read as well. I take it that the post was intended to assure web dev's that although there are not specifics yet, standards enhancements will come.



    I think people are still venting off steam. People are not a caustic as they were when the IE blog started.





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  • > Is this a "get a life" post? LOL



    What do you think?

  • So, do you think that it's "helpful" for 50 Css script kiddies to all slam the guy when he makes a post?



    Out of curiosity - and I promise that this is not a loaded question - is there a "formal", definitive list of:



    - how they are not currently fully implementing CSS1

    - "all the hacks and bugs in IE6 rendering engine"



    Is that laid out on the table anywhere and agreed upon? Because all I'm hearing is a group of whinging script kiddies who just love being negative.

  • Maybe.



    Has all of this good work that dilligent people such as Mr Holly and co. have done to expose the evilness of IE been surfaced on the ProductFeedback Center?

  • Perhaps if Mr. Wilson had begun by saying that the IE team was "aware of the shortcomings in IE6's W3C compliance" and the the team was "working hard" to resolve those issues in IE7 he might have elicited more sympathy.



    I have worked in 'customer facing' positions all my life and I can assure you that there are two things that will drive customers away very quickly. One, deny you have a problem and two, insult your customer when he complains.



    And yes, the IE ProductFeedback is stuffed with detailed examples of problems with IE. I think the major problem is that IE makes zero dollars for Microsoft. Its only purpose is to dominate the browser market.



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