Re: Microsoft MVPs

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From: Kevin Spencer (kevin_at_DIESPAMMERSDIEtakempis.com)
Date: 03/10/05 

Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2005 10:20:39 -0500

> That is exactly the point I was trying to make.

And still moot.

Heck guys, I'm not talking about the English language. I'm talking about
reality! You both know how hard browser manufacturers work to adhere to
these "recommendations." How about one of you tell me why? 

-- 
HTH,
Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
.Net Developer
What You Seek Is What You Get.
"Thomas A. Rowe" <tarowe@mvps.org> wrote in message 
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> Jim,
>
> That is exactly the point I was trying to make.
>
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> "Jim Cheshire (JIMCO)" <contactme@mysite.com> wrote in message 
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>> Kevin Spencer wrote:
>>> Let me put it this way. How come you can view the same web page in
>>> different browsers? Because they all use HTML. They don't each use
>>> their own "flavor" of HTML. They adhere to a standard
>>> ("recommendation" from Tom's point of view). If they didn't, you
>>> would need a proprietary program to view each different web site.
>>> Much the same as needing a proprietary program to open a Word
>>> document.
>>> If it wasn't fort "standards" there would be no JavaScript, no HTML,
>>> not even TCP/IP. And all of our lives would be a lot simpler, since
>>> we wouldn't have to write apps that can talk across networks.
>>>
>>
>> A large part of the HTML recommendations refers to deprecated tags and 
>> methods of design.  That is, after all, why they are called 
>> recommendations. (http://www.w3.org/MarkUp/#recommendations).
>>
>> Standards are a bit different because you're dealing with something a bit 
>> more complex.  For example, I use my wireless laptop at work, at home, at 
>> my in-laws, at my parents, etc.  They all have different brands of 
>> wireless access points and/or routers (in addition to my VERY cool Apple 
>> AirPort Express) and they all work the same because they comply with the 
>> 802.11g standard.
>>
>> -- 
>> Jim Cheshire
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