Comments on: Recent criticism over IE7 CSS support http://www.webdevout.net/tidings/2006/08/10/recent-criticism-over-ie7-css-support/ Updates on the march of progress. A weblog about web design, standards, web browsers, and the overall health of the Web. Wed, 14 Dec 2011 14:45:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: David Hammond http://www.webdevout.net/tidings/2006/08/10/recent-criticism-over-ie7-css-support/comment-page-1/#comment-1140 David Hammond Thu, 17 Aug 2006 22:51:23 +0000 http://www.webdevout.net/tidings/2006/08/10/recent-criticism-over-ie7-css-support/#comment-1140 Yes, "x% improvement" is often an ambiguous statement, but my usage was not technically incorrect. "4 percentage points" does clarify the meaning. It isn't very useful to express the percent increase relative to the initial value in this case. Yes, “x% improvement” is often an ambiguous statement, but my usage was not technically incorrect. “4 percentage points” does clarify the meaning. It isn’t very useful to express the percent increase relative to the initial value in this case.

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]]> By: Andy Mabbett http://www.webdevout.net/tidings/2006/08/10/recent-criticism-over-ie7-css-support/comment-page-1/#comment-1137 Andy Mabbett Thu, 17 Aug 2006 18:33:07 +0000 http://www.webdevout.net/tidings/2006/08/10/recent-criticism-over-ie7-css-support/#comment-1137 >55% support for CSS 2.1, up from 51% in IE6. >That’s a 4% improvement No, it isn't; it's a "four percentage points" improvement; or a "7.84% improvement". Maths is a standard, too ;-) >55% support for CSS 2.1, up from 51% in IE6.
>That’s a 4% improvement

No, it isn’t; it’s a “four percentage points” improvement; or a “7.84% improvement”.

Maths is a standard, too ;-)

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