Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 13:32:26 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: Still more on the Capclave '04 web page
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

>twhite8 at cox.net 03/10/04 11:48AM
>>----- Original Message -----
>From: "ecf" <ecfield at comcast.net>
>To: "WSFA members" <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 2004 8:42 AM
>Subject: [WSFA] Still more on the Capclave '04 web page
>
>>
>> >On Tue, 9 Mar 2004 20:32:59 -0800 (PST) Rich Lynch
><rw_lynch at yahoo.com>
>> >writes:
>> >
>> >>--- "Keith F. Lynch" <kfl at KeithLynch.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >>>Ok, the consensus seems to be for the first .PNG,
>> >>>
>> >>Whose consensus?  That's the one that has the bright yellow
>> >>background when viewed in Netscape 4.7.  It looks bad in
>> >>Netscape, in other words.
>> >>
>> >>Once again, strongly recommend that you use a GIF image
>> >>with a transparent background instead of whatever format
>> >>that image is.
>> >>
>> The .PNG file has a transparent background. It is the latest format
>> recognized by all current browsers.  It is an update from both GIF and
>> JPG for this reason.
>>
>> Since the current version of Netscape is 7.x, I would think 4.7 is VERY
>> old and is used in very few systems nowadays.  It would seem to make a
>> lot better sense to upgrade to one of the half-dozen current FREE
>> browsers instead of forcing everybody to fall back to support an =
antique
>> browser.
>>
>> Just my not-so-humble opinion of course.
>
>A lot of Netscape users prefer 4.7 to any of the newer versions,

I certainly prefer it to IE 5.5.  Or is that Aieeeeeeee 5.5?

>and I
>would not call it "antique."   It's important to realize that not =
everyone
>updates relentlessly to the latest version of something, and that many
>seasoned computer users are wary of the latest updates,

Letting others be the pigeon in the mine . . .

>preferring less
>bloated software.   And not all of us have the latest computer, either....=

>
>--Ted White

mjw