Internet Explorer is often the bain of the web developer’s existence. Read the standards, see how it’s supposed to be done, and then try to figure out how to coerce Internet Explorer into doing it while still getting other browsers to work correctly.

Microsoft fumbled the ball after Internet Explorer 6 - they rested on their market share as it slowly eroded. They’re now planning to release Internet Explorer 8 only a couple of years after 7 was released, according to an article at The Register. Apparently they still haven’t decided that standards are really important.

This quote from The Register’s article sums it up:

“It’s challenging for us to support standards,” [Chris] Wilson [IE group program manager] said. The “core of Trident [the ten year old layout engine in Internet Explorer] is great code”.

At least they’re clear about their priorities.

Via: ‘IE8 compatible’ - the cure for web standards headache? | The Register
[tags]microsoft, browsers, internet explorer, internet explorer 8, ie8[/tags]

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