Standards Compliance
43 Stories
It's time to end the misery of IE6
Insight perspective For too long, the failings of Internet Explorer 6 have blighted lives of developers--and recent launch of IE8 only makes matters worse, says Opera exec.
Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Developer, CSS, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, Opera Software
Mozilla chairman unfazed by Google Chrome
Insight Google gave Mitchell Baker's Mozilla Foundation US$75 million through a Firefox search deal, but she doesn't see Chrome as a threat to that revenue.
Tags: Open source, Web browsers, Web 2.0, Web services, Mitchell Baker, Google Chrome, Web Browser, Google Inc., Mozilla Corp., Advertisement
Web developers wary of AOL switch
News If AOL drops Explorer, Web developers will need to adjust their one-browser mentality.
Mozilla shifts code development to the cloud
News Mozilla's Developer Tools Lab has released its first prototype--a Web-based, collaborative code-editing framework called Bespin.
Tags: Browser, Web browsers, Authoring, Software engineering/development, Ubiquity, Web Browser, Open Source, Tool, Developer, standards compliance
Garbage HTML: Five theories why developers write it
Techguide Garbage HTML appears to be alive and well. Is the situation hopeless?
Tags: Web 2.0, Authoring, Software engineering/development, Web sites, Tool, Developer, CSS, font, Ctrl, Authoring
WS-I tackles Web services attachments
News in brief Standards body the Web Services Interoperability Organization, or WS-I, on Tuesday published updated standards compliance guidelines for applications that use file attachments.
Tags: Web services
Microsoft to launch beta of Internet Explorer 8
News The ActiveWin Web site has published the contents of a beta invitation saying the software maker is nearing a launch date for IE8 Beta 1, which will be available for download and testing.
Tags: Web browsers, Web 2.0
At W3C, few practice what they preach
News Members of the Web's leading standards consortium are leading by fiat, not example, according to a survey.
New broadband wiring tech gets a push
News An industry group finalizes its own technology standard and begins certifying products.
Tags: 802.11/Wi-Fi, Business broadband, Personal broadband, DSL, Cable
Microsoft behind US$12 million payment to Opera
News A confidential settlement ends a litigation threat in a simmering dispute over interoperability problems affecting Opera Software's browser, CNET News.com has learned.
Tags: Web browsers
World Wide Web Consortium releases draft of HTML 5
News A major upgrade of HTML is in the works but won't emerge for at least two years.
Tags: Web browsers, Programming languages, Web sites
Sun plots Java comeback
News With the free release of Java Application Server Platform Edition 8, Sun launches a strategy to gain ground in the Java software market it created.
Tags: Java
When will Microsoft fully embrace Web standards?
Techguide Tony Pattons revisits the importance of using Web standards and wonders if Redmond has abandoned them altogether.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Standards
Passport to get Web services stamp
News Microsoft this summer will lay out a plan to make its .Net Passport authentication service more Web services-friendly.
Standards group ignites common-code war
News Web standards advocates are declaring victory in their battle over browsers, but as they turn up the heat on their next adversary it's clear that their longstanding crusade on behalf of elegant design principles is far from over.
