Yesterday: a cold day in hell?
I can’t believe it: Enso is finally Free!
Of course, this had been hinted at for a while, so it’s no great surprise, but it’s still pretty big news for the Python geek and the HCI geek in me. Jono’s humane explanation of the open source development model is a great read for the uninitiated…
But the title reference is to something nobody anticipated: the IE8 beta is out, and it exceeds expectations. You can even do embedded SVG (given you have the plugin), but this gently nudges open a door a lot of us have been knocking on for a long, long time. This could potentially lead to a real Flash alternative to emerge — which may lead to a real open source Flash plugin…
Or not. Either way, yesterday was a great day for Libre software!
Oh, and the IE team reversed their decision on version targeting. Standards-compliance is now the (freakin’ sensible) default. They listened to the community? Pinch me…