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As by the HTML 4.01 specification, all attribute definitions of lists, such as ordered lists and unordered lists, are deprecated, meaning that you can’t make a list purely in HTML that would skip some numbers, e.g. 1, 2, 3, 5 skipping 4. Previously you could use start or value attribute to set a value for the list item. Now, as the attributes have became deprecated, any self-respecting coder would expect CSS to kick in with the alternative. Unfortunately, this is not the case. Read the rest of this entry »

On April 10th Microsoft Program Management announced Internet Explorer 8 distribution in Automatic Update of Windows. The update will be optional on the opt-in basis with the options to Ask Me Later, Install and Don’t Install. Read the rest of this entry »

A notorious subject in whole, all W3C-capable newsletter coders must be familiar with Outlook support for open standards. To make it short, it looks like the bubble of Microsoft’s long-praised work towards standards compliance is threatening to burst. Read the rest of this entry »

Years ago, for Internet Explorer 5, Microsoft took a shortcut to ‘extended CSS support’ that they called the Dynamic Properties. Despite the fancy name it had nothing to do with W3C Cascading Style Sheet standards nor was it available cross-platform. Now, as the software giant has realized the impact of open standards, they are giving up on these non-standard developments. Read the rest of this entry »