RE: [MLUG] Netscrape and Internet Exploder (was a long title about Ev il MS)

["Ross, Matt" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

We need to set the standards based on the end user, not the whims of a
standards group that every developer who's ever listend to them has shook
his head and turned the other way.

I agree that we need a standards group, but we need a competent one.  W3C's
standards don't consider either the the End User or the Developer, they
consider "clean code" which is a magical catch phrase that people latch onto
when they don't know what code is at all.  "clean code" is legible and well
structured.  It is not a redesign of the language, but good behavior on the
part of the developer.

-----Original Message-----
From: S.J.A. [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, August 03, 2001 11:11 PM
To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
Subject: Re: [MLUG] Netscrape and Internet Exploder (was a long title
about Ev il MS)


I disagree.  International standards are good.  Standards 
should be set by such unbiased parties as the W3C.
Commercial interests will always try to control these
standards by diviating from them in products that they know
will have a wide distrobution even if they are broken.  

Amaya is for testing purposes.  It is not really designed
with the end user in mind.

Simply put, we need a new browser.  One that is standards
compliant, but designed for the end user.  One that is
free, modular, scalable, portable, and stable.  

steve


* Ross, Matt <EMAIL:PROTECTED> [010802 19:25]:
> Neither one meets W3C standards perfectly, and THANK GOD FOR THAT! If you
> want to see a browser that does meet W3C's standards, download Amaya from
> their site. Be forewarned though, it is a worthless piece of junk that
> doesn't display any site well, and doesn't support single clicks. I
suspect
> W3C's standards were designed for a new approach to ADA compliance.
Instead
> of taking care of the disabled, we'll disable everybody else on the net to
> match.
> 
> Opera was originally standards compliant, but it was so worthless that
they
> gave up on the standards, and focused on being the most efficient.
> 
> I hate MS and I hate Netscape (especially since AOL bought them), but I'd
> gladly use either one over a browser that complied to W3C's standards.
W3C
> needs to learn two words: Backwards Compliancy.
> 
> Simply put, we need a new standards organization for HTML.
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