Developers' Opinions on Microsoft Actions to Standards

In connection with the reports on how Internet Explorer developers plan to solve the problem of maintaining standards and adhering to high-quality page views, many famous personalities in their blogs and interviews expressed their own opinions on this issue. Taking into account their experience and knowledge of the issue, it seems that one should pay special attention to how they understand the situation and what prospects they see. Here are brief abstracts of their articles:

Hakon Lee, Opera Software Technical Director:
“At first glance, Microsoft seriously started supporting standards, but it seems to me that the joy is premature: I am sure that in the end IE 8 will not pass the Acid 2 test.”
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Machey Stakhovyak, Safari Webkit:
“The developers of IE are now undertaking a difficult job, which can no longer be put off. In our Webkit browser, we try to strictly adhere to the standards, for which we receive constant gratitude from users. ”
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Doron Rosenberg, Mozilla:
“If IE8 will allow you to use IE6 mode to view the pages, then no one will waste time correcting HTML code. The question remains: how long will all this go on? ”
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Anne van Kesteren, Opera Software:
“IE developers cannot allow most pages to display incorrectly in their new browser. As a result, we got a built-in switch. ”
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Ian Hixie, Google, HTML 5 Spec Editor:
“Because of the fear that upgrading their website will lead to incorrect display, many large web portals will be tied to a specific version of IE. Now imagine that in a few years, web developers will have to learn ten varieties of HTML, DOM, CSS, and JS to keep these old sites in working order. ”
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Chris Mills, Opera Software:
“IE developers come up with various tricks to avoid shame due to incorrect display of pages in their browser.”
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Mike Shaver, Mozilla:
“So, we are likely to get X-UA-Compatible in IE8. Thus, we are faced with a choice either to place several engines in the browser and grow to the size of IE, or just go to the mobile browser market. ”
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Robert O'Callahan, Mozilla:
“The problem is that the error found in one engine will have to be corrected in all, which will not always contribute to maintaining version compatibility. And in this case, the compatibility guarantee turns out to be a mirage. ”
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Hallward Steen, Opera Software:
“It would be better not to customize browsers, but to correct the code of the pages and do this before the release of the final version of IE8. To speed up this process, you can attract enthusiasts from among the visitors. "
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Dean Edwards, Web Standards Project (WaSP):
“We will not add something to HTML without good reason. Prove that your sentences make sense. We are not ready to add to the standards any crazy idea that comes to your mind. ”
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Al Billings, Mozilla:
“These IE improvements will only continue to hold back the development of the network.”
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John Resig, Mozilla:
“Want to know why the developers of other browsers did not participate in the creation of a new meta tag X-UA-Compatible? Just because it is an empty idea and even harmful. ”
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Robert Axetura, Mozilla:
“Why not follow the example of WebKit, Mozilla or Opera and not allow developers to participate more actively in tracking down problems and fixing them? Do not make web standards of industrial secrets. "
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Original selections on OperaWatch.com

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