Thomas Tabler wrote (in part):
>Web standards.org is for limiting the Internet to only those who want
>to run high-end browsers. And no Dos, period.
It's about CSS. If you don't have a browser with CSS support you get a
very plain page -- unless your browser has been "sniffed" as the "wrong"
type and you are redirected elsewhere.
CSS takes a lot of the drudgery out of page creation and can allow you to
apply your own style sheet to make pages more readable. For average Win3.1x
machines Opera3.6x offers the most CSS support, but isn't free.
Every darned browser has annoying rendering anomalies. Arachne has dipped
a toe in the water re: CSS but has a long way to go and I doubt will ever
be able to offer the near infinite choice of font sizes and spacings, but
that shouldn't matter to good HTML and CSS, which acknowledges the visitors
right to make choices of monitor resolution, font size etc.
Opera software say they don't anticipate developing a DOS version, due to
"lack of demand", and isn't it true that Michael doesn't see the individual
DOS user as the revenue stream for Arachne?
A company that has produced DOS and Win3.1x office suites is
http://www.ability.com
They currently offer an alternative to the M$ Win9x apps, with a very
similar look and several advantages -- think of it as New Deal for Win9x.
Nudge them a bit ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) and I think they would upload those
old DOS versions... see:
http://www.ability.com/support/dos/abdos3.php
Regards,
Jake
