Subj : Re: computers
To   : Mhansel739
From : poindexter FORTRAN
Date : Tue Jul 30 2024 06:27:00

-=> Mhansel739 wrote to TheNerd <=-

 Mh> Yes, this is what I was talking about. Browsers rendered things
 Mh> "differently" depending on how the developers "interpreted" the HTML or
 Mh> CSS code. Yes, CSS was a developing standard, but it was still the WWW
 Mh> (wild wild west) on the WWW (world-wide web). My foray into web-dev was
 Mh> similar. I found it silly creating different versions of pages for
 Mh> different browsers, or locking someone into a specific browser to look
 Mh> at or use a page.

 The problem from my perspective was extensions and interpretations of
 the HTML standard by Microsoft making IE less compatible. Microsoft
 knew that corporate networks would support IE and intentionally erode
 competitor's market share. Microsoft in the '90s was ruthless and
 should have been broken up.

 
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