> Alain: This does seem strange to me, because:
> (1) I am not employing any change
> recently made to JavaScript.
> (2) Not long ago, several months in fact, I was
> using Netscape 4.0.x with my system.
> (3) Over 4000 students (and a dozen teachers) have
> used my system in the last three years without any
> substantial problems.
Uli: Alain, this is in favor of your page and might
mean that Anthony's setup is somehow buggy. I guess
Anthony is running Linux and MacOS both on the same
machine -- maybe that causes an interference?
Alain: Several FreeCarders expressed dislike for my
'hellish' system. I did not want to harm the
reputation of our group, so I promptly removed it. I
was also a little bit upset at the formidable gulf
between my high expectations and the gut reactions I
actually got.
> Alain: Officially, yes. However, it is still
> available at the following address:
> http://giguere.dsc.uqam.ca/FreeCard/index.html
> Uli: Thank goodness.
Alain: I guess I can safely assume that you did not
dislike it, Uli. :)
Uli: Alain, would it be possible that you ask some of
the students to look at that page? Maybe it's a glitch
that only shows with the FreeCard page and not with
the other one you're using the same tools for ...
Alain: I will see what I can do. Meanwhile, I can keep
a close eye on my server's logs, and the ones I
crafted too, to see what my users are presently using.
> Uli: (e.g. some mangled HTML like the
> "<content>" text Anthony found in the
> interpreter docs).
Alain: Not a mistake. Just some un-finished work.
> Uli: Is it an "optional" system, or does it provide
a
> service they can't do without?
Alain: The cannot do without it. It is not optional.
> Uli: In the latter case it may be possible that
> they just didn't deem it important enough to try
> diagnosing it and instead asked someone else to
> get it for them.
Alain: Students will look over a few things without
bothering to comment about it, but .. if something
major was wrong .. like navigation, javaScript errors,
etc .. they would surely have notified me. Their
teachers would be on my case, too.
> Alain: HyperCard-based CGI programs, as in the
> past. (...) It is pure HyperCard.
> Uli: I'd really like to know whether we could
> merge that with Elektra ...
> Since Elektra is modular
> it would be really useful for collaboration
> if people could locally test a plug-in
> and then send it to you
> to be integrated into the page.
> It would be less work for you
> and it'd be easier for others to take part.
Alain: I will take a close look at Elektra in the next
few days. I am temporarily backlogged right now. I am
not complaining though because the activities that are
occupying me are: (1) probable subsidy to my business,
(2) probable contract with a consortium of university
researchers, (3) and a whole bunch of smaller Web
contracts that I may not have enough time to
entertain.
> Alain: I am currently using Netscape 4.6.1
> Uli: OK, runs on 4.6.1, 4.7 ... any other successes?
Alain: Netscape 4.5 on my G3, too. I thought that I
had upgraded that but hadn't. It is my contention, in
fact, that my system should work with Netscape 3.x and
up, with very little nuisances.
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