There has been quite a lot said recently about Microsoft’s new Internet Explorer 8 (IE8). Should it default to “standards mode”? Or default to “IE7 mode”?
But Joel on Software has put things into perspective: Neither side is right, and neither side is wrong. Because there is really no right answer here.
It’s a long read, but […]

Announced recently was the end of the production line for Netscape Navigator. I haven’t used it in years, but I do remember how much better Netscape 3 was than IE3.
Netscape probably started it’s decline when IE4 was released - a far superior browser at the time. Netscape never really recovered, nor reinvented themselves to create a case to change back. And it’s […]

Many years ago the Web Standards Project (or WASP) fought the fine fight to pressure browser manufacturers into complying with some sort of standard version of HTML. Prior to that we almost had to build separate sites for Netscape and Internet Explorer - it was horrible.
We have come so far with browsers, but unfortunately most […]