tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304809778837392812.post5418454533421811467..comments2023-09-10T16:59:55.176+01:00Comments on This Blog Has Moved! Visit chriswarbo.tk instead!: Two Wrongs Do Not Make A RightWarbohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11167936627543971536noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304809778837392812.post-55399663929965754932008-09-05T18:10:00.000+01:002008-09-05T18:10:00.000+01:00The standards question is a slippery fish to handl...The standards question is a slippery fish to handle. Something used by millions would of course be a de facto standard, but if this contradicts a written, agreed-upon standard for the same thing then something is either wrong with the de facto standard (which is why it wasn't used as the official standard), or wrong with the written standard (for example it could contradict the de facto standard on purpose to try and leverage the market in someone's favour (OpenDocument may be accused of doing this, but the only thing standard about Microsoft Office documents seem to be the "It works in the latest version" mantra)), or of course both could be wrong. These days even the value of being official is being questioned in the fast-paced world of computing since the ISO OOXML shenanigans. I honestly can't offer an arrogant, I-am-right-and-everyone-else-is-wrong answer to that one, it depends upon the context I suppose.<BR/><BR/>I do get annoyed at the adverts for saying "Internet" when the stuff they show would be better described as "Web", but I understand that it's just my pathetic little semantic-nazi doing it. Of course iPhone users, and the TV-watching public don't need to know the difference, but I would say that although it might be awkwardly worded, they've done nothing wrong or misleading in their advertising. I would readily defend lynx's Web browser status, even though it is text-only. The graceful-degrade feature of Web pages is one of their best features in my opinion.Warbohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11167936627543971536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2304809778837392812.post-19673622435832765972008-09-01T06:21:00.000+01:002008-09-01T06:21:00.000+01:00Very nicely put.I disagree because an average non-...Very nicely put.<BR/>I disagree because an average non-specialist, I believe, has no idea of the difference between the web and the internet. Advertising is aimed in this case at a very wide segment of the population and, on the above view, it is unreasonable for Apple to expect everyone to make the distinction.<BR/>The advert should simply have explained itself.<BR/>As to standards - are you saying that a browser that conforms to all standards but is used by 10 people would be more 'standard' than one that is used by millions?<BR/>DavidAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com