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May 10, 2006
What year is it?
It seems that the IE developers are finally getting their act together - with humility even! Accountability!
Wow.
In the world generally this is a real breath of fresh air, but for Microsoft to admit failings. Pinch me.
Get the skinny in this blog entry about what is fixed in IE7 and what is likely to be fixed for the release.
While I applaud these changes and acceptance of past failures I wonder what it bodes for the future. Obviously a lot of effort has been put in to make sure that IE7 is up to fairly recent standards, which is great, ataboy's all round.
However.
Judging by Microsofts past should we expect the IE7 team to be dissolved on release? Will Microsoft be again be satisified at nearly achieving yesterdays standards? Will development languish once again?
Again kudos to the team, management and members both, but if the team is dissolved thats that. Let's hope that Microsoft can fully return to the fold (remember it - well, Tantek Celik - helped write the web standards we all use today) by becoming strict and pedantic (ooh! spank me!)
Posted by dottie at May 10, 2006 9:29 PM