Linked by Kroc on Wed 5th Mar 2008 19:02 UTC
Microsoft decided that due to their new interoperability initiative, they would reverse a previous decision to make IE8 default to the IE7 engine, instead of supporting standards-compliance by default. No article or musing I have yet read has delved into what is increasingly likely, the reason for this sudden change in decision -- and that is this: the mobile web is coming.
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Opera Mini/Mobile is a brilliant browser - but when I want to look something up out and about, I just wait until I get home. Keypad driven browser interfaces don't have the same quite 'instant' gratification that means that you can whip your phone out and discuss what films are on. Could you imagine trying to do that with Opera Mini, you'd be standing there for 10 minutes tapping away whilst your friends get bored.
Stylus driven is acceptable, but then you look like a tool. Multi-touch is the best at dealing with 'real life' IMO.