Microsoft And Webmasters

Does Microsoft care for Webmasters Its always been a problem with websites appearing exactly the same on different platforms. As a web developer / webmaster it is extremely difficult to make user experiences rich by having the site look the same in any OS / Browser. The biggest problems they have with there famous Internet Explorer browser is security issues and WC Standards compliance issues. Does Microsoft have a vision of having the worlds most popular browser still? Yes but currently IE is dropping its rate pretty fast as Mozilla and Firefox support CSS and PNG Transparent Alpha wheres IE does not support. Whats really interesting is IE for Mac supports both CSS and PNG Transparent Alpha but IE for Mac development has been discontinued. Makes me think Microsoft likes Apple more then there own Flagship Product Windows. So why is it important for Internet Explorer to follow the WC Standards?

Makes it easier on a developers end to produce website that looks great on other browsers besides just IE Provides developers with more choices for design formats a.k.a. PNG with Transparency, CSS, etc. that want to develop for Internet Explorer. Make IE continue to be the worlds # web browser

A look into Microsofts next generation Longhorn with IE I am sure you have heard of the next big OS that is a few years away from the final release. As IE is only up to version . theres not much difference besides the new Longhorn look. I see one day Microsoft will have a fully supported WC Standards browser. Most peoples wishes on the next version of IE are basically Standards support. The main issue with IE as far back as IE on a Windows platform has been rendering CSS and Transparent PNG images. IE does not support Transparent PNG files as it will display a grey background with the image. My list of things Microsoft needs to support/fix

WC Standards Support Security Full HTML . / XHTML / XML / XSLT support

People may think I am crazy for not being Anti-Microsoft but even though they ether have tons of flaws or dont support something like WC Standards in there products I still love Microsoft and there products and always will until the day Microsoft falls or I die. What happens if Microsoft does not support WC Standards in there next version of IE? Well there are ways to fix the compliance problems they have with the WC Standards. Tonight I thought of a possible development of a plug-in that allows IE users to render content currently supported by other browsers but not IE. As for previous versions of IE that dont render content the plug-in would be basically be compatible with IE .x to the latest in Longhorn as people may not have money to buy a new high-end computer for just Longhorn. I am sure there are other ways besides a plug-in to make IE render correctly but a plug-in is the only thing I could think of.