I’m not a blind Microsoft-bashÂer, neiÂther am I an MS fanÂboy (in fact, I think the whole idea of alignÂing yourÂself with any sinÂgle techÂnolÂoÂgy or brand is pretÂty narÂrow-mindÂed). I think MS do some things well, and some things poorÂly. I am going to have a bit of a pop at them at the end of this artiÂcle, but I’m going to start by defendÂing them.
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After two days of comÂmoÂtion regardÂing the InterÂnet ExplorÂer team’s deciÂsion to include a stanÂdards opt-in in the next verÂsion of their browsÂer, MozilÂla’s John Resig has noticed someÂthing rather imporÂtant in an exchange on IE’s Chris Wilson’s blog; nameÂly:
InterÂnet ExplorÂer 8 will supÂport DOCTYPE switchÂing for new DOCÂTYPEs (like HTML5).
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PreÂdictably, yesÂterÂday’s announceÂment from Microsoft about the new stanÂdards opt-in switch has creÂatÂed quite a stir in the web develÂopÂment comÂmuÂniÂty. As I notÂed yesÂterÂday, the reacÂtion from the othÂer browsÂer makÂers would be quite imporÂtant — and it looks as if they’re not interested.
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It looks like Microsoft are givÂing a big push to get users of IE6 upgradÂed to IE7; the browsÂer is includÂed in the latÂest AutoÂmatÂic Update, and when openÂing IE6 this mornÂing I was autoÂmatÂiÂcalÂly rediÂrectÂed to a splash page proÂmotÂing IE7 and encourÂagÂing me to downÂload it. I wonÂder what effect this will have on marÂket share figÂures (if any). Although I think this should have been done soonÂer, I applaud Microsoft for the effort; IE7 is far from perÂfect, but it’s betÂter than IE6.
After comÂplaints from the web comÂmuÂniÂty about lack of transÂparenÂcy in the develÂopÂment of the next InterÂnet ExplorÂer, and a litÂtle browÂbeatÂing from MolÂly Holzschlag, Bill Gates says there is no “deep secret” about what they’re doing with IE, and the IE team have respondÂed by releasÂing the detail we’ve all been waitÂing for: the browsÂer after IE7 will be IE8.
Thanks.