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Microsoft is finally doing the right thing with IE
Of course Opera is going to be upset that Microsoft is going to be supporting standards like everyone else. Opera has made their market share simply by the sheer fact that IE previously WASN'T standards compliant. What is Opera to do now? (I don't know about you, but I do like the new Opera mobile on my WinMobile 6.1 device, it is wayyyyyyy better than IE mobile. Maybe Opera should keep developing in that arena).

The fact that IE8 is going to have a compatibility mode but default to standards mode means that Microsoft is doing the RIGHT THING: Listening to their customers (for a change). This might quite possiblly be the best business marketing decision that Microsoft has made in the past 25 years. They're finally getting their act together with IE8!
Posted by: willgillen   Posted on: 08/29/08 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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Well, everything MS does is carefully calculated to make you think they are  DonnieBoy | 08/29/08
What the heck happen to the DonnieBoy we knew and loved???  joethemacfan | 08/29/08
Web 2.0 mess  croberts | 08/29/08
What does Web 2.0 have to do with this?  storm14k | 08/29/08
Thank you. MS will not get its arse in gear though, as long as web  DonnieBoy | 08/29/08
Um.. Kidnapped by Microsofties and brainwashed?  Wolfie2K3 | 09/02/08
MS is goint to receive flack for not having compatibility mode on ...  P. Douglas | 08/29/08
Forget it...  eMJayy | 09/01/08
Who are you ...  P. Douglas | 09/01/08
Someone will complain!!!  swattz101 | 08/29/08
RE: Opera grasps at straws with latest IE criticism  ZDNET_guest666 | 08/29/08
Indeed...  eMJayy | 09/01/08
Microsoft is finally doing the right thing with IE  willgillen | 08/29/08
I use Opera  laura.b | 08/29/08
Me too...  Scrat | 08/30/08
Get over it...  eMJayy | 09/01/08
I think you're right  tech_walker | 09/02/08
RE: Opera grasps at straws with latest IE criticism  rizarsurf | 08/29/08
Sure  de-void | 08/29/08
Web Designers testing IE by default are ignorant anyway...  JAB Creations | 08/29/08
AMEN!!! (nt)  storm14k | 08/29/08
Is it incompetent to shoot for the majority?  eb276 | 08/29/08
It depends...  zkiwi | 08/30/08
Hey, OSS advocates are geniuses. Don't you know that?  transposeIT | 09/01/08
RE: Opera grasps at straws with latest IE criticism  P. Douglas | 08/29/08
Agreed, as I blogged earlier today.  threedaysdwn | 08/29/08
Jeeeezz try hard Opera  JoeMama_z | 08/29/08
Yes, Opera looking pretty whiny  quux | 08/29/08
RE: Opera grasps at straws with latest IE criticism  eric812@... | 08/29/08
"Microsoft originally broke standards compatibility with IE" ? Not quite  PB_z | 08/29/08
Missing the point of Opera's criticism  nstuff | 08/30/08
Ok... So what you're really saying here...  Wolfie2K3 | 09/02/08
Opera has a point  Rambo Tribble | 08/30/08
The new beta doesn't work well in any mode  tech_walker | 09/02/08
No they don't.. And that's nothing but FUD...  Wolfie2K3 | 09/02/08
Flimsy straws  orcmid | 08/30/08
Uh, I meant insensitivity  orcmid | 08/30/08
Bring it on!  David Blomstrom | 08/31/08
I hope thery sue you  tonymcs@... | 08/31/08
ROTFLMAO!!!  David Blomstrom | 09/01/08
Let's see...  Confused by religion | 09/01/08
Huh?  David Blomstrom | 09/01/08
RE: Yawn  vikingnyc@... | 09/01/08
Why have modes what people besides MS hates standards?  Randalllind | 09/01/08
Microsoft lackey  ejmfoley@... | 09/01/08
Opera should shut up and build a better browser  tech_walker | 09/01/08
Problem is, we've started with a Lie  Boot_Agnostic | 09/02/08
RE: Opera grasps at straws with latest IE criticism  michael@... | 09/02/08
weak, but not baseless  Mitch 74 | 09/02/08
RE: Opera grasps at straws with latest IE criticism  nstuff | 09/02/08
RE: Opera grasps at straws with latest IE criticism  ddrmueller | 09/03/08
RE: Opera grasps at straws with latest IE criticism  Devonmcnulty@... | 09/05/08
Mary Jo Foley Grasps at Straws with Criticism of Sanity  yawnnn | 10/04/08

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