On Thu, 15 Feb 2001, Clarence Verge wrote:
> 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,
You addressed this to L.D....I hope it's OK for me to stick my oar
in, instead of (or is that "in addition to - <g g g>) LD.
For me, I LIKE the idea....it titulates my fancy...but that is all.
The reason "that is all" is because it will require me to "get"
something else, and install that, and make sure it transfers over when
I upgrade Arachne (I already use NONE of the Arachne APMs because that
process is an unnecessarily stupid and complicated process). Then...
I will NOT find any pages on the web that use the zmb images, so all
that effort will have been for nought.
Now, you know me. When something hits me as useful (for ME, now, not
for others) I can be pretty persistent about tracking it down, looking
into it in depth, and putting some considerable effort fourth to
implement it. BUT, if it seems not worth the effort, then I just
flick it aside and go on my way. Am I lazy...??? Definitely...!!!
Selective laziness is that only way I have found to enable my
non-infinite person to cope with the complications of life. BUT,
I am not as lazy as MOST of the people using the internet (or the even
greater number using computers, in general). THOSE dumb-bunnies
won't even switch OFF the scripting capabilities of their bloatware
mail clients, even after they've been trashed and thrashed by several
.vbs viruses. AND, they can't even be bothered to switch off their
stupid "HTML auto-attach" feature in their email clients...
If what I say is true. Then it is going to be a cold day in hell
before sensible ZBMs are adopted. I hate to be discouraging, but
those are the facts of life....at least the ones I can see from my
perspective. There are other's perspectives, so maybe they can give
you more hope....
I like the idea, but will not implement it, until it is going to do
me some good, that I need to have done for me....It is a nifty idea,
usable in some instances - instances of which I have not yet run into.
I LOVE your ideas...I even implement some of them....<g g g>
Keep them coming....
.......gregy-the-grinch
-- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/
