[Info-vax] IE8 got me too :-( Sorry Jeff.

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 17-01-2010 21:55, JF Mezei wrote:
> Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> The companies that are pushing the web envelope are doing
>> pretty good business wise.
>
> Microsoft did not push the web envelope. It purposefully made its
> products so that those not using IE would be "punished "and unable to
> access web sites.

Yep. 12 years ago.

The world is different today.

> Google didn't set out to prevent certain users from using its sites, it
> set out to add functionality (such as AJAX for the maps).

Which is actually what was being discussed (ACID3 is very much about
AJAX support).

Arne