http://www.metafilter.com/tags/webtechnologies Posts tagged with 'webtechnologies' at MetaFilter. Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:43:04 -0800 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:43:04 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/68707/XIEVERSIONFREEZE It slipped through the cracks on my radar, but apparently the <a href="http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2008/01/21/compatibility-and-ie8.aspx">IE8 team</a> has met with some <a href="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/beyonddoctype/">web standards gurus</a> and decided that in order to move forward with full standards compliance (and support the known quirks of IE6/7 for corporate intranets), a new "version targeting" system should be put in place. Other <a href="http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/roc/archives/2008/01/post_2.html">browser</a> <a href="http://webkit.org/blog/155/versioning-compatibility-and-standards/">vendors</a> are not amused. Should IE <a href="http://www.isolani.co.uk/blog/standards/EndOfLineInternetExplorer">just give up?</a> There's a whole lot more <a href="http://www.digital-web.com/news/2008/01/IE8_Version_Targeting_causes_quite_a_stir">commentary round-up over here</a>. Highlights : <a href="http://ejohn.org/blog/meta-madness/">John "JQuery" Resig sees too many problems</a>, <a href="http://www.b-list.org/weblog/2008/jan/23/legacy/">James Bennett gives an overview</a>, <a href="http://ln.hixie.ch/?start=1201080691&count=1">Hixie thinks it's anti-competitive</a> and <a href="http://www.katemonkey.co.uk/article/48/x-ua-lemur-compatible">toy lemurs act out the controversy</a>. See also the <a href="http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/roc/archives/2008/01/slipping_the_ba.html">two</a> <a href="http://weblogs.mozillazine.org/roc/archives/2008/01/different_appro.html">follow-up</a> posts from Mozilla developer Robert O'Callahan on why their team doesn't suffer the same issues. tag:metafilter.com,2008:site.68707 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:43:04 -0800 alistapart future html5 IE8 ieteam internetexplorer standards webtechnologies revmitcz