http://glyphobet.net/blog/essay/17 musings over a tuna fish sandwich Wed, 16 Jun 2010 13:18:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://glyphobet.net/blog/essay/17/comment-page-1#comment-777 Version Targeting and IE8 - Scott Vandehey's Blog Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:12:34 +0000 http://glyphobet.net/blog/?p=17#comment-777 [...] However, it’s possible to take that argument too far. According to Zeldman, nothing less than the future of standards-compliant design rests on this decision. Now, I worship the ground Jeffrey walks on just like every other good standardista - but this seems like a bit of a stretch. IF this happens, then this MIGHT happen, which MIGHT cause this doomsday scenario. Perhaps he’s got some insider information, and perhaps Microsoft is a much more dysfunctional company that it seems, but I don’t think the sky is falling over a META tag. “The Linux kernel… doesn’t commit to supporting legacy APIs and ABIs. This means that kernel developers are able to make the right design decisions and rewrite broken code without having to worry about continuing to support applications that depend on buggy or poorly designed interfaces …and backwards compatibility does not act like an anchor on innovation. – Matt Chisholm, Internet Explorer lays Anchor in 1999 [...] [...] However, it’s possible to take that argument too far. According to Zeldman, nothing less than the future of standards-compliant design rests on this decision. Now, I worship the ground Jeffrey walks on just like every other good standardista – but this seems like a bit of a stretch. IF this happens, then this MIGHT happen, which MIGHT cause this doomsday scenario. Perhaps he’s got some insider information, and perhaps Microsoft is a much more dysfunctional company that it seems, but I don’t think the sky is falling over a META tag. “The Linux kernel… doesn’t commit to supporting legacy APIs and ABIs. This means that kernel developers are able to make the right design decisions and rewrite broken code without having to worry about continuing to support applications that depend on buggy or poorly designed interfaces …and backwards compatibility does not act like an anchor on innovation. – Matt Chisholm, Internet Explorer lays Anchor in 1999 [...]

]]> http://glyphobet.net/blog/essay/17/comment-page-1#comment-776 Space Ninja » Blog Archive » Version Targeting and IE8 Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:06:26 +0000 http://glyphobet.net/blog/?p=17#comment-776 [...] However, it’s possible to take that argument too far. According to Zeldman, nothing less than the future of standards-compliant design rests on this decision. Now, I worship the ground Jeffrey walks on just like every other good standardista - but this seems like a bit of a stretch. IF this happens, then this MIGHT happen, which MIGHT cause this doomsday scenario. Perhaps he’s got some insider information, and perhaps Microsoft is a much more dysfunctional company that it seems, but I don’t think the sky is falling over a META tag. “The Linux kernel… doesn’t commit to supporting legacy APIs and ABIs. This means that kernel developers are able to make the right design decisions and rewrite broken code without having to worry about continuing to support applications that depend on buggy or poorly designed interfaces …and backwards compatibility does not act like an anchor on innovation. – Matt Chisholm, Internet Explorer lays Anchor in 1999 [...] [...] However, it’s possible to take that argument too far. According to Zeldman, nothing less than the future of standards-compliant design rests on this decision. Now, I worship the ground Jeffrey walks on just like every other good standardista – but this seems like a bit of a stretch. IF this happens, then this MIGHT happen, which MIGHT cause this doomsday scenario. Perhaps he’s got some insider information, and perhaps Microsoft is a much more dysfunctional company that it seems, but I don’t think the sky is falling over a META tag. “The Linux kernel… doesn’t commit to supporting legacy APIs and ABIs. This means that kernel developers are able to make the right design decisions and rewrite broken code without having to worry about continuing to support applications that depend on buggy or poorly designed interfaces …and backwards compatibility does not act like an anchor on innovation. – Matt Chisholm, Internet Explorer lays Anchor in 1999 [...]

]]> http://glyphobet.net/blog/essay/17/comment-page-1#comment-761 Stefan Hayden » IE8 meta tag Sun, 27 Jan 2008 16:12:39 +0000 http://glyphobet.net/blog/?p=17#comment-761 I think what’s so confusing about this IE8 meta tag is that people are trying to explain it like it makes sense (since ALA likes it) and it just does not make any sense at all. This is one of the few articles that makes really good sense. I think what’s so confusing about this IE8 meta tag is that people are trying to explain it like it makes sense (since ALA likes it) and it just does not make any sense at all. This is one of the few articles that makes really good sense.

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