Comments on: Thanks, Microsoft, for proving Mozilla’s relevance on the Internet http://djst.org/blog/2009/06/17/thanks-microsoft/ David Tenser's brand new microblog Fri, 18 May 2012 02:14:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: David Tenser http://djst.org/blog/2009/06/17/thanks-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-50070 David Tenser Fri, 19 Jun 2009 08:46:48 +0000 http://djst.org/blog/?p=404#comment-50070 John, if you're referring to the Firefox 3.5 technology demos at hacks.mozilla.org, I'm sure you also know that the demos provide graceful fallbacks for browsers that haven't implemented the future HTML5 standard yet. We are trying to push the use of open standards, and HTML5 will of course play a key role here even though it's not yet a final standard. Furthermore, we don't make the web inaccessible for browsers that don't support HTML5 yet -- even in these pure technology demos on hacks.mozilla.org, we make sure that the content is still accessible in less cutting-edge browsers like IE or Firefox 3. That's how the web should keep moving forward: use modern, open web standards, but provide fallbacks to simpler technology for those browsers that don't support the full web yet. John, if you’re referring to the Firefox 3.5 technology demos at hacks.mozilla.org, I’m sure you also know that the demos provide graceful fallbacks for browsers that haven’t implemented the future HTML5 standard yet.

We are trying to push the use of open standards, and HTML5 will of course play a key role here even though it’s not yet a final standard. Furthermore, we don’t make the web inaccessible for browsers that don’t support HTML5 yet — even in these pure technology demos on hacks.mozilla.org, we make sure that the content is still accessible in less cutting-edge browsers like IE or Firefox 3.

That’s how the web should keep moving forward: use modern, open web standards, but provide fallbacks to simpler technology for those browsers that don’t support the full web yet.

]]> By: John Dowdell http://djst.org/blog/2009/06/17/thanks-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-50060 John Dowdell Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:55:34 +0000 http://djst.org/blog/?p=404#comment-50060 Curious... how do you reconcile this with much of the "HTML5" sentiment to use browser-specific features on public sites? tx, jd/adobe Curious… how do you reconcile this with much of the “HTML5″ sentiment to use browser-specific features on public sites?

tx, jd/adobe

]]> By: dean http://djst.org/blog/2009/06/17/thanks-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-50049 dean Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:57:04 +0000 http://djst.org/blog/?p=404#comment-50049 such fail by Microsoft... such fail by Microsoft…

]]> By: Kurt (supernova_00) http://djst.org/blog/2009/06/17/thanks-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-50044 Kurt (supernova_00) Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:41:32 +0000 http://djst.org/blog/?p=404#comment-50044 Someone should sue for discrimination ;) Someone should sue for discrimination ;)

]]> By: Ken Saunders http://djst.org/blog/2009/06/17/thanks-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-50043 Ken Saunders Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:30:12 +0000 http://djst.org/blog/?p=404#comment-50043 Man they just don't get it. Who's f'ing idea was it to use two images for the page's content instead of that new fangled thing called TEXT! Not too damn accessible. I shouldn't have to use full page zoom to view just an image of text that causes me to scroll horizontally and that degrades as it gets larger. ie8/competition/images/copy-firefox.png Man they just don’t get it. Who’s f’ing idea was it to use two images for the page’s content instead of that new fangled thing called TEXT!
Not too damn accessible. I shouldn’t have to use full page zoom to view just an image of text that causes me to scroll horizontally and that degrades as it gets larger.
ie8/competition/images/copy-firefox.png

]]> By: David Naylor http://djst.org/blog/2009/06/17/thanks-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-50041 David Naylor Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:57:00 +0000 http://djst.org/blog/?p=404#comment-50041 I was almost a bit shocked by the wording of the competition instructions. I was almost a bit shocked by the wording of the competition instructions.

]]> By: Dan Stuart http://djst.org/blog/2009/06/17/thanks-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-50040 Dan Stuart Wed, 17 Jun 2009 17:45:26 +0000 http://djst.org/blog/?p=404#comment-50040 I just turned on IE Tab in my browser, and the clues showed up just fine. So much for only being viewable in IE. I just turned on IE Tab in my browser, and the clues showed up just fine. So much for only being viewable in IE.

]]> By: mmc http://djst.org/blog/2009/06/17/thanks-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-50037 mmc Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:45:05 +0000 http://djst.org/blog/?p=404#comment-50037 how do you know if only IE8 can open a page if I don't have another browser at hand that can't? this may turn into a marketing campaign for firefox!! :) how do you know if only IE8 can open a page if I don’t have another browser at hand that can’t? this may turn into a marketing campaign for firefox!! :)

]]> By: Mardeg http://djst.org/blog/2009/06/17/thanks-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-50036 Mardeg Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:41:24 +0000 http://djst.org/blog/?p=404#comment-50036 I sincerely hope that when the interview the winner of this and ask them what they'll do with it they say: "I'm donating all of it to the Mozilla Foundation and I used IEtab in Firefox to win it!" I sincerely hope that when the interview the winner of this and ask them what they’ll do with it they say:

“I’m donating all of it to the Mozilla Foundation and I used IEtab in Firefox to win it!”

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