miscoded

not only did microsoft listen, but they also came out with this, i've been reading the whitepappers and doing everything short of installing this puppy(no time, to setup a test machine). But if it's all true...i do not know what to say about IE.

And now it is available for download. Even vpc images for the non-windows folks.

Microsoft listened to the threat of a new major fine from the EU...

It's a good thing.

As for IE8beta 1:

Generated content, .contentDocument, data URIs, getAttribute("href") and .href now work right, printing-related css fixes, general DOM fixes, Selectors API, DOM storage, circular reference fixes. All good things.

However, some quick notes:

No event support improvement. No addEventListener. No event objects passed to the function. No event.target.

Data URIs are limited. data:text/html doesn't work for security purposes. Probably a good thing for IE .

Still can't append nodes to dynamic object elements.

Still can't load many plugins with object without using classid. (But at least you can now append a dynamic object element to the document without have to set outerHTML = outerHTML on it.)

No script type attribute support for application/javascript and application/ecmascript.

The cross-document interaction between different IE modes is a little interesting. There's potential for a mess there, but fine if you're careful.

No application/xhtml+xml support and no NS functions.

So, I'm impressed, but IE needs a lot more work.

IE (even 6) still prints web pages a million times better than every other browser though.

"Microsoft listened to the threat of a new major fine from the EU... "

That got their attention

also on Windows Live Hotmail the support team has told me this

Hello Charlie,


Thank you for writing to Windows Live Hotmail Technical Support. My name is Anna and I gather that you are unable to view the full version of your account when using Opera browser. I understand the importance of this matter to you. Please accept my apologies for the inconvenience this may have caused you.

Charlie, please be guided that the full version of Windows Live Hotmail only works if you access your account with the following specifications

- A monitor with at least a 1024 x 768 screen resolution.
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or later or Firefox 1.5 or later.

I know this is a lie 100% because I have gotten the full version by masking as FF but that no loner works I only had a few bugs when using the full version

I guess I will ask them till they fix it

Wheretolink writes:

Looks like this problem is still going on. Hard to believe, but it is. Wonder if this will prevent indexing if it is added to a new site.