Ben Rogers wrote: >>Unfortunately it's easier for them that way -- and I suspect it >>precedes another round of large numbers of heavily IE only, >>non-standard features for use with the new XML in Longhorne. Doesn't >>Mozilla do something similar with XUL now tho? The big difference >>being that Mozilla isn't selling it as the only way to integrate with >>a monolithic operating system that dominates a good share of the >>business market. At least as far as I know -- I could be completely >>off-base, just been my impression from what I've read/heard. > > Yeah, there's been quite a bit of talk about "why didn't Microsoft just use > XUL". The answer from Microsoft seems to be that XUL/CSS wasn't designed for > rendering desktop applications. I think it's roughly the same argument for > MXML.
<scratches head> Uh, then what are the various Moz apps and Komodo? Methinks whoever came up with that excuse has been smoking something... >>Thanks for the links... First one I've read... second one... well... >>dunno... I'm just not ready to drop $90 for 6 months of access to a >>site I don't know if I'll use much. > > > Sorry about that. I don't think I've subscribed to that site. In fact, I'm > using an OS I just installed a month ago, so I'm pretty sure that site > doesn't remember me. Oh well, it was just more of the same. > > >>Thanks Ben! Not bad at all! Much better than I was able to >>accomplish... > > > No problem. After a recent argument...errr...ummm...debate on this list, > I've decided to try and create a fully XHTML/CSS 2.1 compliant design. So, > to make a long story short, I'm trying to solve some of the same problems. > :) Nudge, wink, don't forget to look at that code I posted up. All XHTML/CSS goodness. But, of course, IE6 requires the IE7 hacks to get it to work. K. -- Keith Gaughan, Developer Digital Crew Ltd., Pembroke House, Pembroke Street, Cork, Ireland http://digital-crew.com/ -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.296 / Virus Database: 265.6.2 - Release Date: 20/12/2004 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:188442 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
