Actually, I don't feel it is hopeless ... but it may be difficult as
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IF an add-on for NS could be made
&
IF an add-on for IE could be made
&
IF an add-on for OE could be made
&
IF an add-on for AOL users who have browser hidden below more layers
could be made
&
IF an add-on for any Linux graphics, X or whatever could be made
&
IF the people at ANY BROWSER could be gotten behind the fight ...
Then I'm all for it. What I would personally do is mirror any/all
graphics containing pages on my site, and have a link to EXPRESS LOADING
PAGES on my main page. Same pages, but with note on ZBM, link to
programs to update the various browsers, and all graphics set in as ZBM.
If all that can be managed, I think we've got something good in the
"possibilities inbox."
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l.d.
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On Thu, 15 Feb 2001 18:07:02 -0500, Clarence Verge wrote:
> L.D. Best wrote:
>> I've stuck to
>> GIF images whenever possible because of universality of browsers'
>> ability to handle that format. I want to avoid PNG because apparantly
>> not all browsers can handle that, I want to avoid JPG because of the
>> need for Arachne to decode it to BMP, I want to avoid BMP because of the
>> size -- so *what* alternative format[s] is/are available???
> Hi LD;
> I know that you have been paying attention, so I also know YOU know
> about .ZBMs. And I understand that you would not consider it to be more
> than a toy, due to it's lack of universal built-in-ness.
> But, may I ask you and others to consider the following possibility
> while we wait for the Unisys patent to expire:
> Zipped bitmaps are 100% lossless and usually smaller than .GIFs.
> Just about everyone has an unzip program.
> That's the end of the review. <g>
> What if we put together a little package that visitors to ZBM laden pages
> might download to "upgrade" their browsers ?
> Before we get into the nitty gritty of how to accomplish this upgrade,
> particularly for Netscape, let's see how hopeless you feel the idea is.<G>
> - Clarence Verge
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