BTW, concrete damage to you is being done by this; while I'm fixing something that should not have been a problem, I'm not implementing favorites functionality in the Weblogs.com sidebar. Sure, in this case it may not damage you any if you don't use it, but it's the only concrete example I can give you.

I am annoyed.

Works fine in Mozilla. Guess what IE5 (not 5.5) does? It does not retrieve elements based on name, it looks for ID! But wait, there's already a function (IE-specific) that retrieves elements based on ID, which is document.all. Apparently, despite the hint given in the function name itself, Microsoft can't figure out what to retrieve elements based on.

I have to agree with them. I have been trying to implement the contraction-expansion this site does in IE on windows in Mozilla. I'm pretty sure now I can do it. But I want it to work in both, not just Mozilla! So I try to use the document.getElementsByName function. It should retrieve a list of elements in an HTML document that have a NAME="" attribute that matches the argument of the function.

The Web Standard Project has elaborated on their distaste for IE5.5.

Interesting thought!

I am simply saying that permanent use and resale licenses to changeable information (software, art, literature, music, movies) which can be traded securely, without loss or duplication, in a public market, is a form of currency.

Please... no metaphors! If you can possibly avoid them, please do.

Example answer to 2: Since source code is not an expression, it's a machine, it's not protected by copyright. Web pages clearly are. Therefore, Microsoft is fine and Third Voice is not. (Note this invalidates the GPL and all other software licenses, it's just an example answer.)