Does Microsoft care for
Webmasters
It’s always been a problem
with websites appearing exactly the same on different
platforms. As a web developer / webmaster it is extremely
difficult to make user experiences rich by having the site
look the same in any OS / Browser. The biggest problems they
have with their famous Internet Explorer browser is security
issues and W3C Standards compliance issues.
Does
Microsoft have a vision of having the world’s most popular
browser still? Yes but currently IE is dropping it’s rate
pretty fast as Mozilla and Firefox support CSS2 and PNG
Transparent Alpha where’s IE does not support. What’s really
interesting is IE 5 for Mac supports both CSS2 and PNG
Transparent Alpha but IE for Mac development has been
discontinued. Makes me think Microsoft likes Apple more then
their own Flagship Product “Windows”.
So why is it
important for Internet Explorer to follow the W3C Standards?
• Makes it easier on a developers end to produce 1
website that looks great on other browsers besides just IE
• Provides developers with more choices for design formats
a.k.a. PNG24 with Transparency, CSS2, etc. that want to
develop for Internet Explorer.
• Make IE continue to be
the worlds #1 web browser
A look into Microsoft’s next
generation Longhorn with IE
I am sure you have heard
of the next big OS that is a few years away from the final
release. As IE is only up to version 6.05 there’s not much
difference besides the new Longhorn look. I see one day
Microsoft will have a fully supported W3C Standards browser.
Most people’s wishes on the next version of IE are basically
Standards support.
The main issue with IE as far back
as IE 5 on a Windows platform has been rendering CSS2 and
Transparent PNG24 images. IE does not support Transparent
PNG24 files as it will display a grey background with the
image.
My list of things Microsoft needs to
support/fix
• W3C Standards Support
• Security
• Full HTML 4.01 / XHTML / XML / XSLT support
People may think I am crazy for not being
Anti-Microsoft but even though they ether have tons of flaws
or don’t support something like W3C Standards in there
products I still love Microsoft and there products and always
will until the day Microsoft falls or I die.
What
happens if Microsoft does not support W3C Standards in there
next version of IE?
Well there are ways to fix the
compliance problems they have with the W3C Standards. Tonight
I thought of a possible development of a plug-in that allows
IE users to render content currently supported by other
browsers but not IE. As for previous versions of IE that don’t
render content the plug-in would be basically be compatible
with IE 5.x to the latest in Longhorn as people may not have
money to buy a new high-end computer for just Longhorn. I am
sure there are other ways besides a plug-in to make IE render
correctly but a plug-in is the only thing I could think of.
About the Author:
I own a
web site design company
and I run a SEO &
Webmaster Forum . I am also a networking expert with
Microsoft business servers and clients.
Author Name: Jeff Wyrick
Author Website: http://www.mi-websolutions.com
