Per Design

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Per Design

  • Microsoft heard disquieting rumblings across the web…

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    And after much anguish and gnashing of teeth from horrified standards-loving web designers and developers, Microsoft decided against their previous approach and elected that IE 8 will now support standards first. The metatag will now be used to trigger IE7 rendering. A much better approach in my opinion. And the rumble of discontent fell away…

  • Microsoft and Yahoo…

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    I really don’t think this proposed buyout is good for either company. Microsoft is really only buying 2nd place in the search engine/advertising arena and could care less about Yahoo’s “really” cool web technologies. In the long run, Microsoft will likely squander their bought 2nd place ranking because of their corporate/marketing mindset which seems to stifle…

  • Thoughts on “Beyond DOCTYPE: Web Standards, Forward Compatibility, and IE8”

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    By now most web designers and developers should have heard the ruckus and furor caused by the article in issue 251 of “A List Apart.” After reading the source article, the accompanying article by Eric Meyer, the assorted comments on ALA, and various blog entries amongst the web – here are my thoughts. I’m not…