Johnny Yen wrote:
---------------snip------------------------- > So what do you think Netscape should do about *potential* customers that > dump Netscape because of the Plugin issue? Just write them off? Now, I > know that N6 is incredibly *green* and N7 will be Killer, but it dang well > better handle Plugins *very* effortlessly or they are limiting their > userbase right out of the gate. > > jy What I think should happen is that while, netscape/mozilla do not "provide" any Plugins other than the Default and MRJ Plugins; they should enter into some type arrangement with plugin providers so that you can download any latest plugin free of charge to the user. The way it is now if you use more than a barebones plugin, you have to download and pay for a full service plugin/application. Example : QucktimePro is 29.95 RealPlayerG2 you pay so much a month for GoldPass features and every other year you have to pay again for the program as if you never owned it to begin with. There is no "upgrade" price. What's happening with plugins now is that they currently use a system called "liveconnect" which has more or less banned according to W3C rules. And Many plugin manufacturers either haven't got around to it, have gone out of business, or decided its not worth the effort so they are not updating and moving on to different things. I suppose Mozilla/N6 wants to get away from Plugin technology since they having not turned on the applications menu in preference to set which plugins, and want to rely on such as internet Config/Internet Control panel (in Mac) and other technologies (in PC Unix) to set which application to use instead of plugins. My preference is using plugins, it is a more elegant solution. Just look at what plugin technology does for Photoshop, it extends Photoshop's capabilities, exponentially. -- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Phillip M. Jones, CET |MEMBER:VPEA (LIFE) ETA-I, NESDA,ISCET, Sterling 616 Liberty Street |Who's Who. PHONE:276-632-5045, FAX:276-632-0868 Martinsville Va 24112-1809 |[EMAIL PROTECTED], ICQ11269732, AIM pjonescet --------------------------------------------------------------------------- If it's "fixed", don't "break it"! mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/default.htm> <http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/america/default.htm> <http://www.kimbanet.com/~pjones/message/default.htm> <http://home.kimbanet.com/~pjones/birthday/index.htm>
