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Going to the moon BRB

4 days ago | Comment?

BEHOLD THE POWER OF THE LEMURS

In light of the Interoperability Principles, as well as feedback from the community, we’re choosing differently. Now, IE8 will show pages requesting “Standards” mode in IE8’s Standards mode. Developers who want their pages shown using IE8’s “IE7 Standards mode” will need to request that explicitly (using the http header/meta tag approach described here).

Yeah, you know why they changed their minds?

Warning! Dangerous Lemur!

69 days ago | Comment? [4]

The perils of propagating plentiful pieces

For those of you who have subscribed to my RSS feed, would you be so kind as to use this post to let me know of any problems?

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Thank you!

89 days ago | Comment? [3]

Jinkies

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When I decided to dig out a pile of lemurs and make fun of the whole X-UA-Compatible hijinx, I wasn’t expecting this.

I think it’s obvious that what the web standards world needs isn’t HTML 5 or a better browser or Acid2 compatibility, but, of course, more lemurs.

I hope to fulfil this requirement wherever possible. Me and the World Wide Lemur Consortium (W2LC) will bring together designer, developer, and lemur to produce a better, brighter, and more primate-filled web.

108 days ago | Comment? [9]

X-UA-Lemur-Compatible

So Beyond DOCTYPE: Web Standards, Forward Compatibility, and IE8 was posted. And the Internet went crazy.

I think it’s time for a bit of frivolity, don’t you?

The “X-UA-Compatible” Controversy

As portrayed by toy lemurs

At a tiny company with a website:
The tiny company with a website comes into the modern age

Lemur 1: I just downloaded Internet Explorer 7! It’s the future!
Lemur 2: Awesome! Let’s check out our website!

The tiny company with a website has a mild case of future shock

Lemur 1: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!
Lemur 2: It’s broken! Oh no!
Lemur 1: We better call up our web designers! And yell at them!

At the tiny web company:
The tiny web company are quite lazy

Lemur 3: Dude, we got an email from that tiny company. They say their site is broken in IE7.
Lemur 4: IE7? Gross!
Lemur 5: Seriously, dude. Tell ‘em the site is fine, it’s their browser that’s broken.
Lemur 4: Yeah, totally. That’ll stick it to Microsoft!
Lemur 3: Yeah! Fight the power!

At the tiny company with a website:
The tiny company with a website decides to write a letter

Lemur 1: Oh! The web designers say that our Internet Explorer is broken!
Lemur 2: Oh no! We better write to Microsoft right away! They need to fix this!
Lemur 1: ‘Dear Microsoft…’
Lemur 2: And make sure they get it right this time!

At Microsoft:
The giant company that makes software and stuff comes to a decision

Lemur 6: That’s the 11-billionth email we’ve received about IE7 and websites!
Lemur 7: We’ve got to do something!
Lemur 8: But what can we do?
Lemurs: *thinking*
Lemurs: *thinking*
Lemurs: *thinking*
Lemur 6: <meta http-equiv=“X-UA-Compatible” content=“edge” />?
Lemur 7: Seriously?
Lemur 6: Why not?
Lemur 7: What do you guys think?
Lemurs: *shrug*
Lemur 8: Eh, let’s give it a shot.
Lemur 6: Awesome. Can I write about it to tell the Internet?
Lemur 8: Yeah, we better tell ‘em. Go ahead.
Lemur 6: Awesome! Hey, can I have a raise too?
Lemur 8: No.
Lemur 6: Aw nuts.

At A List Apart :
The web magazine breaks the news

Lemur 9: Dude, check this out.
Lemur 10: Dude!
Lemur 9: Should we post it?
Lemur 10: Dude!
Lemur 11: It’s been a few weeks since we’ve had an Internet riot. Let’s go for it.
Lemur 10: Dude!
Lemur 9: Excellent.
Lemur 10: Dude!

At computer screens across the globe:
The Internet goes haywire

Lemurs: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Lemur 12: Actually, you kno—
Lemurs: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Lemur 13: But—
Lemurs: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

The end!

109 days ago | Comment? [58]

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