Though the creation of the new HTML standard, HTML 5, has been mostly up to four of the big players in the browser world (Apple, Mozilla, Opera and Google), it appears that Microsoft has become more active as of late. CNET reports the news, detailing that Adrian Bateman, Internet Explorer Program Manager, has sent a letter to the World Wide Web Consortium, with Microsoft's thoughts and queries on the current editor's draft.In the letter, found here, Bateman stated that, "As part of our planning for future work, the IE team is reviewing the current editor's draft of the HTML5 spec and gathering our thoughts. We want to share our feedback and discuss this in the working group. I will post our notes as we collect them so we can iterate on our thinking more quickly. At this stage we have more questions than answers, but I believe that discussing them in public is the best way to make progress." Additionally, Amy Barzdukas, general manager for Internet Explorer, said, "The support of ratified standards (that Web developers) can use is something that we are extremely supportive of. In some cases, it can be premature to start claiming support for standards that are not yet in fact standards."
HTML 5, as you know, brings a whole bunch of excellent new features. If you're under the impression that Microsoft has added none of them, then you're wrong; the Redmond-based company is accountable for ContentEditable, a feature in the new standard, which "lets elements of Web pages be edited in place by people using a browser" according to CNET. To add to this, the latest version of IE, version 8, supports the DOM Store, Ajax Navigation, Cross Document Messaging and Cross Domain Messaging, all HTML 5 components.
It's excellent to see the software giant getting more involved with the standard, as Internet Explorer is by far the most dominant browser on the market today; with that force behind HTML 5, it'll make for a much better experience for users and web developers.
"*Lynx = Best browser on earth!!!"
(It's got a minimal amount of exploits and features because it's text based!
(It's got a minimal amount of exploits and features because it's text based!
ELinks!
+1
CLI tabbed browsing is the shitz
(It's got a minimal amount of exploits and features because it's text based!
It should have been bundled with Windows instead of IE, then no one would have been upset. It could then be used to download whatever browser of choice.
They actively being involved in the workgroup for HTML5, its great.
They actively being involved in the workgroup for HTML5, its great.
Firefox has an AWFUL smooth scrolling experience. The only decent option is to install an extension called "Yet Another Smooth Scrolling" and play with it a bit. It becomes way faster and much smoother (a similar feature is already part of the upcoming version of FF).
Opera has had this feature by default for quite some time now.
They actively being involved in the workgroup for HTML5, its great.
They were part of the the workgroup for HTML4, and when they didn't get what they wanted, they went ahead and created IE6 and we all know what a POS that is and what a bane to web developers it is, we'll have to wait and see what happens this time
/irrelevant
Opera is so long down on my list after their whining, so I won't even try their browser in a while. Still use Opera Mini on the phone though.
The article doesn't state MS isn't? It says 4 of the big players, not "the big players". It was simply stating that 4 of the big companies were contributing towards HTML, and Microsoft is becoming a 5th.
Statistics from last month show Firefox with 48% and IE with 39%
Here http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_stats.asp
This myth is busted!!!
edit: Hold on, this is statistics just at wschools website, it would be dominated by FF, as people browsing there are more techie. Let me keep looking
http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php
These stats show IE with about 53% and FF with only about 31%, so I guess thy myth isn' t busted after all.
You do it if it's so important to you. I'm busy!
Actually the web site of the cie i'm working for have stats similar to those one (between 60 000 and 100 000 visitors a month).
I LOL'd
Anyway IE 8 is ok, what is bad that most people still use IE6 and IE7...
Dude, did you not bother to read the article?
MS is not part of the HTML 5 group because the specification wasn't created by the W3C initiall, it was a separate coalition of organisations, which the W3C then banded with to establish a formal HTML5 specification. Microsoft was not a part of this initial group.
As for their involvement, I think they should be involved. It only makes sense given that they have a browser with market share.
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