Re: Netscape 6 and MS Intellimouse

[Robert O'Callahan]

"Welch, John C." wrote:
> Because the ones who deal with non-technical types aren't arguing
> standards. They know that non-techies don't care. So far, I've not seen
> a lot of evidence from Netscape or Mozilla, although Mozilla seems to
> have more of a clue, that this is a pertinent fact.

I hope you realize that it was actually pressure from Web designers,
expressed through organisations such as the Web Standards Project, that
coerced Netscape into prioritising standards support ahead of more
features and a faster release schedule. This happened back in 1998.

Rob
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