Re: XSL in IE5

[David Carlisle <davidc@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Be fair, David: it is a pre-release.

Wasn't it fair?

People have been asking Microsoft to put clearer notices on their XSL
web pages pointing out that the XSL recommendation came out after IE5
shipped and ended up being different to the XSL in IE5 since before
MSXML3 was even announced.

They could now additionally point to the pre-release but that is a
separate issue, the main issue is to avoid user confusion over the
default IE5 installation. It is not Microsofts fault that the
specification changed, and its not really their fault that they have
distributed a few orders of magnitude more copies of their xsl system
than anyone else. But it is their fault that they haven't highlighted
the differences on their standard pages. The webrelease pages are
clear. But if you know enough to look there, you are not confused.

David


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