Microsoft Doesn't Get ISO Label
Looks like it is Microsoft day here on the CA blog. Just heard that Microsoft did not get ISO certification for Office file formats. This is great news for OpenOffice.org and other free and open source...
View ArticleChangeTheMargins.com
ChangeTheMargins.com is a small campaign for small change that collectively could have a big impact. The idea is to get people, manufacturers and even software companies to change the margins on the...
View ArticleVersion-targetting in IE8
Beyond DOCTYPE: Web Standards, Forward Compatibility, and IE8 is an A List Apart article that was Slashdotted. It explains a new convention/standard designed by the Web Standards Project and Microsoft...
View ArticlePNG Images, Transparency & IE6: Answers To Theming-Hell
I would never use a drupal module or javascript to fix IE6 suckiness with transparency in 24-bit PNGs. After battling IE6 and image transparency on many sites I always do one of three things when...
View ArticleTechnical Tuesday: IE8 Version Targetting: ALA, Still Undecided
A List Apart's Issue 253 continues discussing and debating the controversial IE version targeting that ALA announced a month ago. CivicActions blogged about this topic then too. Jeremy Keith and...
View ArticleStandards Solution to Microsoft's IE8 Version-Targeting Rubbish
It seems there is a clean standards-solution that doesn't succumb to the X-UA-Compatible mess Microsoft has dumped on us, yet let's you author html in standards mode in IE8: "John Resig points out...
View ArticleDo It Right The First Time; Do Not Use Microsoft-Contrived Version Targeting
Microsoft announced in January that Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) would be standards-compliant, but only if you included a special meta tag or http header indicating that the page should be rendered in...
View ArticleNew Zealand Government Rejects Microsoft
The NZSSC has rejected Microsoft's offers for a new licensing contract. This is a big loss for Microsoft (Though I'm sure MS would have you believe otherwise and try to paint the picture back to front)...
View ArticleMicrosoft Tries To Defend NZ Government Contract Failure
Kathryn Ryan of Radio NZ interviewed Don Christie, president of the NZ Open Source Society and Kevin Ackhurst, managing director of Microsoft NZ on Microsoft's failure to renew their multi-million...
View ArticleWhat Does the Yahoo!/Microsoft Search (Bing) Deal Mean For NPOs and NGOs
If you haven't heard yet, Microsoft and Yahoo! have inked a 10 year deal to partner on search and advertising. You can learn more about the details of the deal, which I won't go into here. If the...
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