Subj : Re: Which Linux for a beginning desktop?
To   : comp.os.linux
From : Trent Buck
Date : Mon Feb 28 2005 11:44 am

Spake chris:
> >> I've actually tested MSIE against the W3C test suites, and it passes.
> > 
> > Oh, does the current version understand the application/xhtml+xml MIME
> > type?  Version 6.0 doesn't.
> 
> No it doesn't, and never will.  MSIE is DESIGNED to be non-compliant (it's
> not just a case of lack of competency).  Their mail clients and newsreaders
> are also non-compliant.  

Thank you, I am aware of that.  I phrased my remark as a question
because it is less aggressive than a blanket statement like "MSIE
refuses to accept application/xhtml+xml!"  After all, Microsoft *might*
have fixed it since I checked last week.  It's unlikely, but I don't
follow Microsoft releases very closely.

I submit that such a non-confrontational style receives less vehement,
witless ripostes than your good self have provoked.  Perhaps you would
benefit from adopting it.

-- 
Trent Buck, Student Errant
When I hear the history of some of the more ugly European cities, with
"... destroyed in 14xx, burnt in 16xx ..." I get the urge to ask why
they keep rebuilding it and if they can't get the hint.
 -- Lieven Marchand

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