I also apologize for jumping to conclusions;-)... My Netscape is Version 4.7, as I do not have confidence in 6.0 or higher.
I am looking forward to upgrading my MAC to OS-X so I can run real Unix stuff. but that is going to take a while, and I do not want to create any deadlines for completion. Thanks for all your considerations... If you want me to give your pages a test run, just send me the URLS. Cheers...\Stef At 22:56 +0200 10/10/01, Marc Schneiders wrote: >On Wed, 10 Oct 2001, at 08:57 [=GMT-0700], Einar Stefferud wrote: > > > Thanks Mark for the feedback. > > I can plainly see that you did not knowingly choose what I see. > > > > I am running Netscape on a MAC, which might explain somethings, maybe. > >I think this is the core of the problem. Works fine in Netscaoe >under Windows98. Much have to do with 'translation' of colours on >different hard/software. More below. > > > Both pages that I get from the URL are in very feint "ink", except > > the links which are the only parts I can read without a big effort. > >Thanks for replying to my rather sarcastic message, for which I >apologize. This seems again to be a croos platform problem. > > > The Typosquatting link is especially readable, but the page title says > > "Non-Existent Domain" in extremely feint letters, Which also threw me off. > >Yes, this "non-existant domain" is a stupid joke, only intelligible to >people who do dns. > > > There is some other very feint text by the links which I cannot read. > > > > So, the LINKS are the only readable stuff on either page, and the > > rest is in very feint type, which looks like light blue to me, but it > > is actually too > > feint to even determine what color it really is. > >I have to find again this page that tells which colours are 'save' >across all platforms. I do try my pages in Opera under FreeBSD as well >as Netscape and IE under WIndows 98. I should not forget Mac users. I >cannot try this myself (I have only some obsolete MAC hardware running >NetBSD :-), but will check out the coulour codes, about which there is >indeed information out there. I saw it in the past. > > > All in all, it is not readable for me, and I cannot figure out why. > > > > Is it some "feature" of MSN's invention trying to drive us all >into using IE? > > > > IE shows it in readable white on black! Is this what you intended? > > I expect that this uses a NEW MSN feature that Netscape does not implement. > >I think it is a MAC problem. But still, we should write our pages for >all platforms. I get mad too when pages do not work in Opera on >FreeBSD. > > > I only run IE in dire emergencies, such as this one. > > And then I turn if back off ASAP. > >Well, we disagree a bit here. IE is not that bad, I think, as long as >we are not forced to use it, which we sometimes are (banks here in >Holland!). > > > MSN tricks will not convince me to switch;-)... > > They only convince me more and more that MSN is a Pariah! > > Hopefully, this kind of result will help train the world to not use > > MSN "mis-features!" > > > > My solution is to not bother with stuff that Netscape cannot show in > > readable form. > >Well, Netscape is some sort of a security problem, my FreeBSD ports >tell me. They refuse to compile (well unpack I guess) it. So since I >am not stubborn, I now run Opera on my desk top (and of course IE on >my second M$ machine). > >Thanks for your kind reply! > >Marc > > > > Cheers...\Stef > > > > > > At 06:26 +0200 10/10/01, Marc Schneiders wrote: > > >On Tue, 9 Oct 2001, at 14:32 [=GMT-0700], Einar Stefferud wrote: > > > > > > > Very confusing set of URLs, requires a lot of careful thought to find > > > > your page. > > > > > >Thank you for putting me on the right track! Let me try again: go to > > >www.nxdomain.net and click on the one and only prominent link on this > > >page "TypoSquatting" (cf. subject line). > > > > > > > Blue Ink on White Background is pointless in terms of readability. > > > > What ever happened to black and white? > > > > > >Well, eh, the page is very much and only in black and white (and > > >grey). I see no blue. If you are referring to some blue (for so-called > > >hyperlinks) on white in the analog report I link to, well, eh, yes, > > >this is not in the html, but, I guess, in your (satndard?) browser > > >settings. If you'd like to get this pink on purple, tell your browser > > >so. This is pretty standard html that analog produces. I did not > > >tinker with it at all... Should I forward your complaint to analog? Or > > >to Microsoft? > > > > > > > > If you want anyone to read what you are presenting, > > > > please make it readable;-)... > > > > > >English prose is not my forte. I admit it. I am a foreigner. > > > > > > > If you do not want anyone to read it, > > > > please do not invite us to read it;-)... > > > > > >Right. > > > > > > > rule #1: If you want the reader to see and understand you message, > > > > you (the author) are responsible for making it readable, > > > > and then for making it understandable. > > > > > >Absolutely! Thank you for all the efforts you put into this! > > > > > >God bless! > > > > > >-- > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > Cheers...\Stef > > > > > > > > > > > > At 20:38 +0200 06/10/01, Marc Schneiders wrote: > > > > >Typosquatting was a hot topic about a year ago. I then decided to do > > > > >my own little 'emperical' research. Results are at: > > > > > > > > > >http://www.nxdomain.net/ > > > > > > > > > >In short: it does not pay, except IP lawyers... > > > > > > > > > >-- > > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > > > >Discuss mailing list > > > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >http://www.icann-ncc.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > > > > > > >
