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Copyright 1999-2006 Joel Spolsky.
But IE 6 and IE 7 didn?t really conform to the specs, so these sites have little hacks in them that say,?on Internet Explorer? move this thing 17 pixels to the right to compensate for IE?s bug.?
The following posts link to Martian Headsets:
"a Nova that I watched months ago but find a link to - my apologies (where is the bookmarking functionality in my PVR? clearly missing) Another article by Joel about a more recent Microsoft backwards-compatibility story/struggle - Staged as a Martian parable: http://www.joelonsoftware.com/items/2008/03/17.html"
" In the past, it was presumed that pages were loosely-standard and browsers, also loosely-standard, made a kind of best effort to present the page. The consequences have been explained marvelously in Joel Spolski's post on Martian Headsets. We are similarly relying on document-format standards as a way to provide for many-to-many interchange and interoperability between different (implementations of versions of) document-format standards and different (implementations of versions of)"
"the price of changing over to "be strict in what is accepted and be standard in what is done with it." This is a very disruptive change. We'll see how well it works. Joe Gregorio argues that exceptions to Postel's Law are appropriate. Some, like Joel Spolski [no compatibility view], think it might be a little too late. There are already some who claim that the IE 8.0 Compatibility view is a sin against standardization [compatibility view offered], no matter that not many of the 8 billion and climbing"
"Martian Headsets on Joel on Software ?????? ??? ????"
"the price of changing over to "be strict in what is accepted and be standard in what is done with it." This is a very disruptive change. We'll see how well it works. Joe Gregorio argues that exceptions to Postel's Law are appropriate. Some, like Joel Spolski [no compatibility view], think it might be a little too late. There are already some who claim that the IE 8.0 Compatibility view is a sin against standardization [compatibility view offered], no matter that not many of the 8 billion and climbing"
"Compatibility View concept just makes me cringe. This concept basically lets you view the current site as if your browser were IE 7. Apparently the IE 8 team made a choice that would effectively break some sites, Joel Spolsky goes into some great details about the issue (somewhat verbose but very important for web developers). I do like the the InPrivate browsing, the idea of not having to necessarily delete my cookies and offline content after purchasing and browsing the web is appealing. Key loggers aside this"
"ve got nothing to read. A glowing endorsement I know, but I?m almost always pleased when I go there. He tends to focus on math and physics, which is cool, but he sometimes gets a little too excited about numbers. Then there?s Joel on Software. An amazingly excellent post got my attention one day, and it similarly went in my pile of things to look at when things are slow. He doesn?t post often, but when he does, it?s likely to be pretty good. "
"s just annoying. Persistence is having the same goal over and over. Source: Seth Godin. As usual, the idealists are 100% right in principle and, as usual, the pragmatists are right in practice. Source: Joel on Software In a relationship, you are not meant to make someone else happy; you want to be happy *with* that someone else. Source: Solitary Dreamer (3rd comment) "
"Web site may not display correctly in Internet Explorer 8 Beta 1. Meer over compatibiliteit, zie Internet Explorer Compatibility. Joel on Software heeft een artikel gepost welke uitlegd wat de gedachtengang achter dit proces is van de veranderingen Martian Headsets. Meer info over hoe je website klaar te stomen voor IE8 Is Your Site Ready for Internet Explorer 8? Mark "
" Joel Spolsky, of Joel On Software fame, recently wrote about web standards. Now, I?m a regular reader of Joel?s blog and usually find some nuggets of wisdom there, especially when it comes to running a business. However, on the subject of doctype and standardistas, he?"
"width in IE. But is taking the whole width in Fx ? Sounds familiar ? They where about to tag it as an Fx bug. Wait a sec!!! That?s not a BUG in Fx. Its just the way Fx is handling things. Pop in some things i read at Joel?s blog - Martian Headsets. Voila!!! all agree that its not a bug? :). I?m happy, they are happy ? Here is my simple explanation : Its all with the implementation difference of the two browsers. In US you drive on the right side of the road. Hence all cars are"
"Just read this rolling-on-the-floor-with-laughter post by Joel here I love Joel On Software. It is a kind of blog that reveals the fun of software development fun. Of course software development is serious business. But you can have a great deal of fun working on it."
"the theme to a Tango based theme, but still the default GUI is nice! However, after using it for several weeks I have to revert back to using Firefox. It?s not because of web standards, but it?s because they don?t mean a lot in real life, sadly. It seems Joel was right (1), and the most important thing is how they are implemented - which means once more you need to test your site on all browsers available, and testing the syntax against the W3C test application is not enough."
" From a brilliant article on standards on Joel on Software, this is the money quote: See, the idea is, instead of many-many testing, you have many-standard and standard-many testing and you need radically fewer tests. Not to mention that your web pages don"
"now, and while I've never read *everything* he has done, I've read enough to be quite a fan of his writing, and clear explanations and lucid, pragmatic views. A resource every software developer should read. But his latest is simply outstanding. In Martian Headsets, he explains about web standards in a way that's understandable, exact, balanced, and above all, entertaining. Lays out the reason why IE8, the next version of the predominant web browser in the world, is in a unique position to change the world (and"
" I am by no means, a huge Joel on Software fan, but I felt this was a fantastic writeup of what web standards are (and are not). Martian Headsets - Joel on Software: You?re about to see the mother of all flamewars on internet groups where web developers hang out. It?ll make the Battle of Stalingrad look like that time your sister-in-law stormed out of afternoon tea at your grandmother?s and wrapped the"
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