Microsoft.com Makes IE8 Incompatibility List!
Commentary by Keith Barrett
Microsoft confirms that IE was so standards non-compliant that a vast number of internet web sites, including their very own, are going to break now that IE8 is becoming compliant.
Open Source people granted av collective “I told you so” opportunity for the years of pointing this out.
Why is Microsoft compelled to do this and give up polluting technology in favor of it’s own? I believe part of the reason is that as computing continues to go mobile, especially in the majority of cell phones produced by other companies, web sites that are not standards compliant run a big risk of not being accessing by the majority of the population. Cell phones are replacing laptops, embeded systems are frequently Linux, and Macs are on the rise. If Microsoft or it’s clients want to conduct business they must be compatible with these technologies and stop promoting proprietary alternatives.
