On Tue, 17 Dec 1996, Ben Coffer wrote:
quoted 8 lines On Mon, 16 Dec 1996 17:25:32 -0500, Alex Reynolds <polygon@jhu.edu>> >On Mon, 16 Dec 1996 17:25:32 -0500, Alex Reynolds <polygon@jhu.edu>
> >Don't bother trying to use MS Internet Explorer, it doesn't support
> >javascript and the resulting pages are minimal to say the least.
> >
> Uh? But isn't the whole idea of the web that it shouldn't matter
> what browser you use, it's platform independant. It annoys me
> when people write 'best viewed with so-and-so' on a web page,
> it should look the same whatever browser you use.
no, not if the folks who wrote one of them (micros**t) are trying to
subvert what may soon be a standard web-based programming language
(java) and replace it with their own.
the point is that it _would_ be platform independent, if micros**t could
stand having a standard out there that it didn't develop.
ignoring, of course, that to view pages that use the latest technology,
you have to have software that can understand that technology.
laps