Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 13th Apr 2007 11:19 UTC
"It seems unfortunate if we do this work and get our partners to do the work and the result is that Linux works great without having to do the work" said Bill Gates in 1999 (pdf). While we don't know if he actually managed to do just that (creating problems to other OSes to work well with ACPI), but if he did, it is a good explanation why ACPI has been flaky on the majority of x86 computers with anything else other than Windows (the older, APM standard, seemed more compatible with alternative OSes).
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RE[4]: It's a known problem...
by nevali on Fri 13th Apr 2007 12:09
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Are web designers are getting their shit together or is it Firefox/Konqueror that works around these IE quirks? I dunno, but I sure don't run in to them as much as I used to, if at all.
Both. There are more developers now building sites that are standards-driven and accessible than ever before.
Unfortunately, there are far more people creating web-sites than ever before, and the vast majority of new starts are still following circa-1996 tutorials or copying and pasting from the godawful code behind many major sites.
Firefox, et al, have had to put shims in place for compatibility, because not doing so would be a major barrier to adoption.
RE[4]: It's a known problem...
by superstoned on Fri 13th Apr 2007 14:15
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I don't run into these sites, normally. But recently, I tried to find and book a holiday online. Well, those sites suck, at least the dutch ones. 50% of em doesn't work at all in konqueror, and firefox doesn't do much better. Dunno if they even work in IE but I bet they do...
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"Surely you've run across those sites that only work with IE?"
You know, I haven't actually ran across such a site in a *long* time. I used a while back but not in recent times.
Are web designers getting their shit together or is it Firefox/Konqueror that works around these IE quirks? I dunno, but I sure don't run in to them as much as I used to, if at all.
Edited 2007-04-13 12:20