Re: [MLUG] Mac moving to Intel

[Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Okay. I think I've decided toi stop arguing with people about why their 
toys suck and mine are better. Even if I'm right it's totally pointless 
to waste my free time listing said reasons those toys suck and mine are 
better since nobody is going to shift their position anyway.

That said, I'll go so far as to say Windows and IE will never be secure 
without a complete rewrite and redesign from the ground up. They just 
were not designed in a fashion that had security in mind. All they can 
do is bandaid them. That will never create a secure program. So believe 
what you want about Longhorn, IE7, and really any other program you 
want.. but if it wasn't designed for security it will never be secure. 
So keep on believing that the next version will be better. That is the 
M$ promise that keeps them selling new versions.

I'd be happy if IE could at least support a few web standards such as 
decent CSS, DOM, Javascript, and alpha transparency. I don't really care 
if Windows users get infected every time they connect to the Net just so 
long as I don't have to rewrite half my code to make IE work. That is 
really all I want from IE, Safari, Firefox, Opera or any other browser.

Of course then you get stupid stuff like my job requirement to make 
everything work with IE for Mac which hasn't been supported or improved 
by Microsoft in years. THAT is painful. Making it all work on an 
up-to-date copy of Safari, Opera, and IE is painful enough without 
supporting old versions.

At least with Firefox if something is broken I can report it as a bug 
and they fix it. Bugzilla is sort of a pain but at least I can see 
something being done about the problems. :) Looks like Safari is making 
an effort in this area. If they do that and fix their CSS and Javascript 
support I'll take back my nasty comments about Safari. Sounds as if they 
fixed their CSS problems in an upcoming version. If they do the same for 
Javascript then I'll love them. IE though, I think, is pretty much a 
lost cause. We just need Firefox, Safari, and Opera all to toe the line 
with standards.. then web developers will be able to tell IE to piss off.

I'd like to see Safari and/or Opera support XUL and SVG. XUL is awesome 
but sadly still only works with Gecko-based browsers. It'd be cool to 
see it supported as a general web standard. SVG makes fancy graphics a 
snap. The combo is way cooler to work with than HTML/XHTML and a lot 
easier to develop in than something like Flash. XUL/SVG is really a cool 
combo. Safari (the inventor) and Firefox (the improver) have canvas 
support too which is a pretty neat feature I hope to see used more and 
standardized. I hope Opera adds support for that too. I'll be shocked if 
IE supports any of those any time soon unless it's through plugins.

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Michael <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
http://kavlon.org

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