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On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 11:11 AM, amias <something at amias.org.uk> wrote:
>  People tried that with IE5,IE6 and IE7 , what reason is there
>  to assume things will get better if we keep pandering to this
>  borkage ?

Eric Meyer writes:

<quote>
We all care about the same thing.

We all want to advance web standards. We all want browsers to improve
their support. We all want better and more advanced specifications. We
all want to reduce inconsistencies. We all want a better web.

The disagreement is over how best to get there given the situation we
face now, as well as how we perceive that current situation. A
recurrent metaphor for me is that we're a large group of pioneers
trying to chart the best course through an unknown country, and there
is disagreement on which route entails the least risk to the whole
group. Cross the desert or the mountains? Traverse a swampy delta or a
hilly forest? Move through this valley or that one?

Sometimes what binds us is strong enough that the few differences seem
sharper by comparison. That shouldn't keep us from remembering what we
have in common, and the importance of that commonality.
</quote>
 -- http://meyerweb.com/eric/thoughts/2008/02/19/common-bonds/

Tim