Interview d'Håkon Wium Lie d'Opera sur le CSS
Par Mozinet, lundi 26 juin 2006 à 16:45 :: Standards Formats Protocoles :: #959 ::
Slashdot propose une longue interview d'Håkon Wium Lie d'Opera. En plus d'être « Chief Technical Officer » d'Opera Software, Håkon est un des inventeurs des feuilles de style CSS. Il est aussi l'auteur du test Acid2 que le nouvel Opera 9 implémente complètement. Dans ses réponses aux lecteurs de Slashdot, Håkon discute des standards du Web et en particulier des choix passés et futurs concernant la norme CSS. On y parle aussi d'Opera, du WHATWG et même de Microsoft :
It's quite clear that Microsoft has the resources and talent to support CSS2 fully in IE and that plenty of people have reminded them why this is important. So, why don't they do it? The fundamental reason, I believe, is that standards don't benefit monopolists. Accepted, well-functioning, standards lower the barrier of entry to a market, and is therefore a threat to a monopolist.
From that perspective, it makes sense to leave CSS2 half-implemented. You can claim support (and many journalists will believe you), and you also ensure that no-one can use the unimplemented (or worse: buggily implemented) features of the standard. The only way to change the equation is to remind Microsoft how embarrassing it is to offer a sub-standard browser. And to use better browsers.
Another reason for not making a IE too good is that it will compete with Windows. A modern browser is an application platform; the combination of HTML, JavaScript, CSS and DOM allows developers to target the web instead of Windows, Linux, or Mac.
- Slashdot, Håkon Responds to Questions About CSS and…, 23 juin 2006,
- The Web Standards Project, Acid2 Supported in Opera One Year Later, 28 mars 2006, Molly E. Holzschlag
- via Opera Watch, Slashdot interviews Håkon Wium Lie, Opera CTO and Father of CSS, 23 juin 2006, Daniel Goldman
Ce billet a été modifié en dernier le 26 June 2006 à 16:54:03.
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