Netscape 8 Breaks IE XML 398
An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft has alerted users that Netscape's latest browser appears to break the XML rendering capabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer. Dave Massy, a senior programme manager for IE, warned users in a blog posting that after installing Netscape 8, IE will render XML files as a blank page, including XML files that have an XSLT transformation. What a week for Netscape 8.0; first the browser needed several fixes hours after its release, then it was discovered that without IE installed, Netscape 8.0 will not install, and now IE needs Netscape uninstalled to work."
Finally, IE the way I want it. (Score:5, Funny)
Re:You're outta here! (Score:2, Funny)
Un(evil) (Score:3, Funny)
Breaks IE? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Selective Slashdot Acceptance (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Selective Slashdot Acceptance (Score:3, Funny)
/imperial march (Score:2, Funny)
Microsoft couldn't have planned it better themselves...
Re:You're outta here! (Score:5, Funny)
So it breaks IE???? (Score:4, Funny)
No need to tell them about it, though... Just leave them using Firefox.
Re:Does anyone use it? (Score:2, Funny)
Could it be true? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:And you're too slow! (Score:5, Funny)
The biggest unanswered question is... (Score:3, Funny)
Smells funny... (Score:4, Funny)
"Internet Explorer (7?) is all I need."
"Honestly, the rubbish you [Microsoft] have to put up with... my heart goes out to you guys. Keep up the good work with IE7"
Yes, people, we are eulogising about software that hasn't even been released yet.
I thought the point with Netscape is that it is meant to be an IE-replacement - hence the render using IE engine feature. Whether it respects an obsolete, badly coded application it is designed to get rid of is kinda irrelevant.
Obviously, this is a bug that needs to be fixed, but let's not start burying Netscape yet. More competition is always good.
Re:Does anyone use it? (Score:2, Funny)
All right for the thumbs-up/thumbs-down comments, but perhaps these would have a little more weight if one could understand HOW one application can break another? I haven't found a word about it here nor in the article. What exactly is the modified "common" dependancy (file?) that makes them incompatible?
No big deal (Score:5, Funny)
Workaround (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Selective Slashdot Acceptance (Score:2, Funny)
Yes, my sentence structure is indeed tortured. It's tortured by idiots like you who see fit to be pedantic without the requisite knowledge.
Slashdot is predominantly a news site located in, based from, and operated primarily by people residing in the United States. On the front page of any news source, it is always nice if the language used is consistent within that page. But at least it's not ABC News, where this story [go.com] managed to discover a previously unknown word: Artical (see the caption under the photograph).
Re:Selective Slashdot Acceptance (Score:2, Funny)
Re:And you're too slow! (Score:3, Funny)
Per, haps, but, I, always, find, gratuitious, punctu, ation, to, be, annoying?
-b
Re:Does anyone use it? (Score:2, Funny)
All your bugs are belong to us (Score:2, Funny)
Mechanic: Somebody set up us the bomb.
Operator: We get signal.
Netscape: What !
Operator: Main screen turn on.
Captain: It's You !!
Firefox: How are you gentlemen !!
Firefox: All your bugs are belong to us.
Firefox: You are on the way to destruction.
Netscape: What you say !!
Firefox: You have no chance to survive make your time.
Firefox: HA HA HA HA