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Comments on: Maybe Microsoft isn't completely useless on the web, after all

Microsoft makes web development easy, though not perfect or particularly powerful.

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by Simplicius May 10, 2008 7:22 AM PDT: "Either way, I suspect such easy Microsoft development will appeal to a significant percentage of the potential web developer population."

That's part of the reason why there are so many substandard websites out there that are a pain to use. Or shall I say 'non-standard'?

"Microsoft has always been a blessing to those born average"

I'm not sure. It's both a blessing and a curse. It has helped the average never go beyond average.; Like this Reply to this comment


by The_Decider May 10, 2008 9:39 AM PDT: It is not much of a blessing to allow people that don't really understand what they are doing to write code. In fact, it is a very bad thing.

It is the primary reason there is so much crap ware in existence.; Like this Reply to this comment


by seo2seo May 10, 2008 10:35 AM PDT: "we did find rendering problems within the IDE when coding for cross browser CSS."

Translation: "It's been cunningly designed to look stupid in Firefox"

No surprises there, then.; Like this Reply to this comment


by Tony McCune May 11, 2008 4:54 AM PDT: The "problems with rendering" cross browser will slow adoption if the apps on the web. Not sure the official Firefox adoption rate but we are seeing 38% Firefox at http://www.digitalchalk.com in the past 30 days. It only takes one or two times of having to hand-tweak CSS to before a good coder throws a bad tool in the dust bin.; Like this Reply to this comment

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