Oct 05
I ignored my blog, of course.
Well, that and worked most of the summer like most adults.
I was happy to see, however, that sanity prevailed at Microsoft regarding IE7′s name. I had bitched about their previous plan of calling one version IE7 and one IE7+, and I guess I wasn’t alone. While it was — and still is – a petty issue, we sure as hell don’t need any more confusion when it comes to the Web.
Case in point: about a month ago, in the space of a week two colleagues asked me the question “are Java and JavaScript related?” The answer is no — but the damage caused by Netscape Corporation in the mid-90s continues today because of a half-brained attempt to capitalize on the Java hype at the time.