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Re: [Plug] Is there a GOOD browser out there?
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"Michael W. Ryan" wrote:
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> On Thu, 16 Sep 1999, Jack Wilkinson wrote:
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> > opera is coming out with a windows version shortly that will serve as both a
> > text based console browser and the commonly-known graphical browser with the
> > same stability as the windows version. It will be, as it is with Windows, a
> > $40 commercial product (you get both Windows and Linux versions I believe).
> > So if you're willing to wait a tad and shell out $40 or split it with
> > someone, it's a pretty good bet that it'll be nice.
>
> I checked over their features list. Does it support DHTML? It doesn't
> appear so. Web-based applications are a very hot item these days, and
> DHTML support (and I mean more than Netscape's pitiful support) is
> necessary for a browser to be a viable candidate in this.
You mean netscape's support for the STANDARD? Yes, Ie's might be easier
and maybe have some more features but none of them are standard and
never
will be and hopefully and likely will be dropped from the source-tree.
> The lag that Netscape has shown in adopting modern Internet technologies
> (i.e. DHTML), the gap in "market share" between Navigator and MSIE is
> becoming less due to marketing and more due to technology.
God forbid that anyone complies to standards like Netscape does.
Does the person that makes/breaks standards the good guy? Netscape
will propose a feature to the W3 and if it is not accepted it is not
implimented. Microsoft impliments something then notifies the W3, _that_
is
bad practice.
Although, this isn't always true. Netscape wanted <layer> and went with
it,
Microsoft wanted iframe and went with it; however, they both support
the standard <div> which isn't as feature full as the others but is
on average more commonly used for one reason: STANDARD. The question is
who dropped their own "make believe standard" for their next release?
Netscape. Netscape cares about standards, and they care about you.
Microsoft just wants your money.
> If Linux really wants to compete in the modern desktop market, one of the
> things that it will need is a good, modern browser. I don't think "small"
> is going to be a big issue. More focus should be placed on current
> technologies and stability.
Stability we got (lynx), Modern we have (Netscape with the exception of
using Motif).. we just need them both in the same app, that is what
Mozilla
promises. Lets just hope that Mozilla delivers, soon :)
--
Eric Windisch
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