Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 11:05:24 -0400
From: Steve Smith <sgs at aginc.net>
To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Netscape on its deathbed
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

Keith F. Lynch wrote:
> Wade Lynch wrote:
>
>>The end is near for Netscape:
>>http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/pcworld/20030717/tc_pcworld/111604
>
> Steve Smith wrote:
>
>>Internet Explorer is also going away as a standalone product:
>><http://www.silicon.com/news/500019/1/4438.html>
>
> Good.  Maybe those websites that insist I "upgrade" to either Netscape
> or IE will Get A Clue.

We can dream.  More likely, they'll tell us to "upgrade" to the latest
version of Windows.  In their eyes, we really *should* buy new computers
just to look at their Websites.  (Corporate Web designers, in general,
do not suffer from low self-esteem.)

In the Web design I've done, I've found it actually easier to build
standards-compliant pages.  The standards (at <http://www.w3.org>) are
clear, complete, and readily available.  I suspect that most Web
designers don't really know any HTML and just use the raw output from a
fancy "design tool".  (IMHO, this is like a cook who doesn't know how to
slice vegetables.)

> There are plenty of other browsers out there.  1X, AWeb, Amiga
> Voyager, Aplix_SANYO, Aplix_SEGASATURN, AvantGo, Beonex Communicator,
> Camino, Chimera, Commerce, Cuam, Cyberdog, eCatch, ELinks, Firebird,
> Galeon, Girafa, HTTrack, HotJava, iCab, Jonzilla, K-meleon, KDDI,
> Konqueror, Links, Lynx, Meta Products, Mozilla, multiBlocker,
> Nautilus, NetCaptor, NetPositive, OffByOne, OmniWeb, Opera, Phoenix,
> Planetweb, Safexplorer, SiteKiosk, Tulip Chain, w3m, Wanna-Be,
> WebCopier, WebZip, Xaldon, and Zeus, for instance.

Mosaic and Cello seem to be no more.  W3 is still doing Amaya.  It's
guaranteed standards compliant, but it crashes a lot.

--
Steve Smith                                           sgs at aginc.net
Agincourt Computing                            http://www.aginc.net
"Truth is stranger than fiction because fiction has to make sense."