RE: When will IE be W3C standards compliant - at last?
From: Jeff Qiu [MSFT] (jefffqiu_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/14/04
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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2004 02:31:50 GMT
Hi Vince,
Thank you for your feedback.
The Internet Explorer 6 SP1 can be free downloaded at:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/downloads/critical/ie6sp1/default.mspx
It can be installed on Windows XP, Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me),
Windows 2000, Windows 98, and Windows NT? 4.0 Service Pack 6a.
If you have any further suggestions regarding the Internet Explorer, you
are welcome to send your feedbacks to mswish@microsoft.com
It may be considered in the next generation of Internet Explorer.
Have a nice day.
Best Regards,
Jeff Qiu
Microsoft Online Partner Support
MCSE 2k/2k3, MCSA 2k/2k3, MCDBA
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>From: "Vince C." <none@hotmail.com>
>Subject: When will IE be W3C standards compliant - at last?
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>Hi.
>
>Since I'm developing for the web I'm getting more and more fed up with
>Internet explorer. Frankly guys, it's top for an Intranet for I can use
>whatever I like between ActiveX, HTC, XML, aso... But as soon as I want to
>design a web page that really complies with standards, I start wheeping all
>my tears off.
>
>Netscape/Mozilla give far, far, far better results. Mozilla's the best
>browser engine (at least an Internet tool that can safely call itself an
>Internet Browser). First it handles CSS2 much more better than MSIE.
>Positionning gives headaches with MSIE (see the 3px bug, the float table
>bug, clipped elements, the italic text bug, content that is not selectable
>in floated/absolute containers...).
>
>All modern browsers *perfectly* display transparent PNG correctly. All...
>but MSIE, which shows a wonderful gray, opaque background where it should
>be transparent. This forces developers to play with GIF instead. Just
>because that toy is installed by default on millions of machines.
>
>And to top it all, Microsoft tells you that you will have to upgrade your
OS
>to get an improved version of MSIE!... They won't improve their version 6
>as a stand-alone downloadable package. It's a question I asked personnally
>on MS news servers. I was so much astounded that I didn't react
>immediately.
>
>And should I build my house all over again if I want wooden windows instead
>of plastic chassis? Naaaaa, are they joking?
>
>See:
>
>http://www.positioniseverything.net/ie-primer.html
>http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer/dup-characters.html
>http://www.positioniseverything.net/articles/float-bugs-1.html
>http://www.positioniseverything.net/explorer.html
>
>To quote the main ones.
>
>Where do you want to go today? Well, I've already started to switch to
>Linux. If buggy, at least you always have a chance to get it fixed some
>day.
>
>Ciao.
>
>--
>
>Vince C.
>
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