On Fri, 16 Feb 2001 01:01:40 -0500, L.D. Best wrote:
> Clarence
> It needs to be a combination of html & images, otherwise those who are
> "text only" because they have no choice would be unable to access the
> pages.
> Now, what does that have to do with writing the mods to handle ZBM on
> all those other browsers??
Very good reason.;-)
I'm here pushing text and FORGETTING text. Gotta get that fixed.:(
Now, about your second point, I had thought it had a lot to do with
writing the mods, but maybe not:
Without the requirement for mixing text and image, all one needs is
a simple plugin to display a "special" image. Like we already have
for Arachne.
With .ZBMs replacing .GIFs in standard HTML, the browser must
recognize yadayada.ZBM as a legal image source.
Before reviewing the format of my Netscape "Helpers" section, (yuk.-
- shades of Mac!) I was convinced that simply telling Netscape that
ZBM is image/x-compressed bitmap and specifying the name of the
decombobulator should do the job !
Now I'm sure that's not the case. I don't think NS will display
anything as PART of a HTML page unless it does the conversion itself.
The version I looked at, 3.04, only processes GIF,JPEG and strangely
enough XBM inside the browser itself. Since I believe XBM is "C" code
for generating an image or icon, that seems a bit wierd to me.
Anyway, unless someone has a better idea, I think it might be possible
to patch the XBM part to ZBM, but it would likely require a special
"patch" for each version. Pretty ugly, but not impossible.
I don't know what IE does for mime type "helpers"
I DID originally say, "Without going into the nitty gritty...." <G>
- Clarence Verge
- Still using Arachne V1.62 ....
