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- Fear and loathing of IE 7
- Hakon Wium Lie, CTO at the Olso, Norway-based Web browser maker Opera, has contributed a stinging commentary to CNET Networks that calls Microsoft out for using Internet Explorer 6 to slow down the adoption of Web standards. Lie, known by many as the father of cascading style sheets CSS, is...
- Tags: David Berlind, Hakon Wium Lie, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Opera Software ASA, standards
- Blog posts 2005-03-16
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- Is Windows 7 E just a gimmick?
- Is Windows 7 E just a gimmick?How is this Microsoft's fault?They removed IE just like Opera was crying about. If OEM's will install it anyway, then how is this Microsoft's fault?Again, the solution to this is not to complain. It's Microsoft's OS, they should be allowed to include what they...
- Tags: gimmick, IS Windows, Is Windows 7, Is Windows 7 E, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, OEM, Opera Software ASA, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2009-07-17
- Microsoft to EU: Antitrust this! Will remove IE from Win 7 in Europe
- Microsoft to EU: Antitrust this! Will remove IE from Win 7 in EuropeRE: Microsoft to EU: Antitrust this! Will remove IE from Win 7 in EuropeI can't believe people are still complaining that Microsoft includes a browser with Windows? How are they going to handle people downloading another...
- Tags: antitrust, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera Software ASA, Web browser, Win 7
- Discussion threads 2009-06-12
- Microsoft to EU: Antitrust this! Will remove IE from Win 7 in Europe
- News.com reported Wednesday that Microsoft plans to strip Internet Explorer from sales of Windows 7 in Europe. Redmond plans to basically draw an artificial line in the sand and say, "Ooops, no IE in this Windows! But, uh, if OEMs just happen want to install a browser with the operating...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Antitrust, Europe, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, European Union, Web Browsers, Microsoft Windows, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-06-12
- Opera CTO: Here's how to level the browser playing field
- I had a chance to ask Opera Chief Technology Officer Hakon Wium Lie a few questions (via e-mail) about the European Commission's preliminary findings around Opera's 2007 antitrust complaint against Microsoft for its browser-related business practices. Here is our exchange. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Internet, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Opera Software ASA, Standards, Web, Web Browser, Web Browsers
- Blog posts 2009-01-20
- Opera: Acid or no, its Microsoft antitrust complaint goes forward
- Now that Microsoft has passed the Acid2 Browser test, is Opera Software satisfied? If dropping its antitrust complaint filed last week with the European Commission is the measure, the answer is no. I asked Opera whether Microsoft's announcement on December 19 that an internal Internet Explorer 8...
- Tags: Antitrust, Business Operations, Internet, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera Software ASA, Quality, Standards, Web Browsers
- Blog posts 2007-12-19
- Opera: Setting the record straight on Microsoft and Web standards
- Opera: Setting the record straight on Microsoft and Web standardsThey're doing no such thing.Don't think for a minute they're doing this for us. Microsoft is under no obligation to pass Acid2.Message has been deleted.There are no such things as "community standards"The writer is clearly not informed as to what a...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera Software ASA, standards, W3C, Yes IE
- Discussion threads 2007-12-14
- Opera: Setting the record straight on Microsoft and Web standards
- Not surprisingly, Opera Software took issue with my blog post yesterday on "Why Opera's antitrust complaint against Microsoft is a bad idea." My premise: Whatever you think of Opera's attempt to get another antitrust court to revisit whether or not Microsoft should be allowed to bundle...
- Tags: Business Operations, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Mary Jo Foley, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera Software ASA, Quality, Standards, Web, Web Browser, Web Browsers
- Blog posts 2007-12-14
- Opera Mini 4 beta ready to download
- Opera Mini 4 beta ready to downloadVideo of Opera CTO about HTML5, CSS4 and Opera MiniI just released a video that I did of Hakon Wium Lie, Opera Software CTO, who a couple weeks ago introduced Opera Mini 4 and talked about integrating Ogg Theora in HTML5 spec thus in...
- Tags: mouse, Opera Mini, Opera Mini 4, Opera Software ASA
- Discussion threads 2007-06-19
- Write Cascading Style Sheets with style: Use the amazing em unit and other best practices
- Learn how to write Cascading Style Sheets with style in this sample chapter from Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web, Third Edition. Investigate case studies and how they are constructed to discover how CSS can encode the visual presentation you want to achieve. Ensure that your...
- Tags: Best Practice, Addison-Wesley, CSS, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development
- Book chapters 2007-03-20
- Opera: The Little Browser That Could
- In this second part of my interview with Opera CTO Hakon Wium Lie (part 1 is here), we discuss the impressive feature set of the Opera browser. Despite having a market share of only 0.64%, according to the latest figures from Net Applications, Opera has a loyal user base and...
- Tags: Hakon, Opera Software ASA, Richard MacManus, Web browser
- Blog posts 2006-09-10
- Opera's Hakon Wium Lie compares IE7 to Ford Pinto
- Last week I had the pleasure of talking Microsoft is "doing a paint job on their Pinto" to Opera's Chief Technology Officer Håkon Wium Lie. We spoke about IE7's standards compliance or lack thereof and also Opera's many great features. In this post I'll highlight our CSS discussion and in...
- Tags: CSS, Ford Motor Co., Håkon, Håkon Wium Lie, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Opera Software ASA, Richard MacManus
- Blog posts 2006-08-30
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