Η Micro$oft θα υποστηρίξει HTML5 στον Internet Explorer 9;

Rumors are flying that the forthcoming version of Internet Explorer, the ninth incarnation, will include strong support of HTML5.

This would be a dramatic change from Internet Explorer 8, which is not known for its HTML5 compliance for a reason. Thar reason? It has nearly none. This is hardly surprising, Microsoft browsers have for time immemorial lagged behind the market on adoption of the current standards of the internet.

Even worse, given the pervasive use of Internet Explorer 6 (a browser so old it does not support tabbed browsing), Internet Explorer users are often stuck in 2001, when the browser came out. Microsoft seems to be out to finally catch up with the rest of the world’s browsers, and perhaps run past them in certain areas.

At the most recent Professional Developers Conference (PDC09, which I attended), Microsoft discussed Internet Explorer 9 touting their goals to build a modern browser that passed the Acid3 test, and of course, worked with HTML5.

According to webmonkey, Microsoft is likely to demonstrate some Internet Explorer 9 goodies at the upcoming MIX10 event. If that happens, we will finally get a good look into the future of the browser that the world users, for better or for worse.

There are other implications. By extending a hand to HTML5 Microsoft will move ahead adoption of the standard in a large way. The better HTML5 does, the worse Flash does, given their tendancy to step on each other’s toes at every turn. What does this mean? Microsoft by boosting HTML5 will be helping Apple and their proxy war with the iPad and iPhone to combat Flash across the internet.

By upgrading Internet Explorer 9 to use HTML5, Microsoft is going to help Apple sell iPads. Somehow I bet that Ballmer would not like that. In other news, contented chuckles were heard from One, Infinite Loop.

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Μου αρέσει πως το παρουσιάζουν... Αν είναι δυνατόν. Μόνο εγώ ξέρω ότι η Micro$oft χρόνια τώρα προσπαθεί με το $ilverlight και άλλα προϊόντα της, να χτυπήσει την Adobe και το Flash;

Έλεος δηλαδή. Η Micro$oft με το να υποστηρίξει το HTML5 το κάνει μόνο και μόνο για τον εαυτό της έτσι και αλλιώς. Εξάλλου η Micro$oft κάνει χάρες στους "συνεργάτες" της MONO όταν πρόκειται να πάρει πίσω δεκαπλάσιας αξίας ανταλλάγματα.

Τέλος, ας δούμε μία τον νέο Internet Explorer 9 και το τι είδους υποστήριξη HTML5 θα έχει και μετά το συζητάμε. Γιατί ως συνήθως ΠΑΝΤΑ έχει την χειρότερη υποστήριξη των διεθνών στάνταρτ απ' όλα τα άλλα προγράμματα πλοήγησης του Διαδικτύου και συνήθως προσπαθεί να τα βουλιάξει αυτά τα στάνταρτ.