Granted, but if AOL does indeed embrace NS6 all I can imagine is an unholy
scream of WTF? coming from their user base. Remember the installed PC
statistics. Attempting to run a JVM/NS6 combo requires 50+ meg ram and the
patience to let a new cup of coffee brew to let it initialize. I can assure
you AOL will not be migrating to NS6 any time soon.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Melvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 7:08 PM
Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Dev] Browser Language Support
>
> AOL has many millions of users..
> if AOL does indeed base their next browser on ns6, then you now have to
> support
> several million user using ns6.. considerable larger than 3/10th of 1%.
>
>
> > I really have to ask. Why this world shattering need to create NS6
> support?
> > I recently posted statistics that showed that 3/10th of 1% of world
> Internet
> > travelers are using NS6/Mozilla combined. Opera has a bigger following.
> >
> > From what I understand we're using NS6 as a watermark for futrue
> domcentric
> > browsers not because it "critical" due to penetration issues of a new
> > browser. If you do your research Richard, not many clients will scream
> for
> > NS6 support once they realize just how insignificant the issue really
is.
> >
> > The only reason this hysteria for NS6 even exists is because Netscape
has
> a
> > brand name. People hear Netscape and think "Must be important!". NS4
is
> > important, because thats the browser of choice for the anti Microsoft
> > followers. They all tried NS6 and went back to NS4.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Doug Melvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 12:47 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Dev] Browser Language Support
> >
> >
> > > Regardless of 'future intentions' we all live in the 'now'.
> > > And in the now, I need ns6 support. Not languge detection.
> > > In the future it may be nice to have language detection,
> > > but I'd much rather have ns6 support.
> > >
> > > So just relax, help us finish version 2 of DynAPI, and THEN
> > > we cann all discuss wahat we want to see in DynAPI version 2.01.
> > > Okay?
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Eytan Heidingsfeld" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > > Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2001 6:14 AM
> > > Subject: RE: [Dynapi-Dev] Browser Language Support
> > >
> > >
> > > > Yet again I throw myself in the middle to block the rocks and then I
> get
> > > > trampled.
> > > >
> > > > Pascal, this is an API, which means that at one point in the really
> far
> > > > future ppl will just download the zip file, unzip it and create
> > > applications
> > > > without ever looking in the source code. Now if some developer wants
> to
> > > add
> > > > special text for every language or some other feature it would be
nice
> > if
> > > he
> > > > could just check is.lang. I see Michael beat me to it when he said
"he
> > api
> > > > is aimed at making it possible to code
> > > > pages without the need for browser specific code"
> > > >
> > > > 8an
> > > >
> > > >
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