Barry wrote:
> Jack wrote:
> >I haven't got a read on what the thing is. The AOL docs just say
> "MSIE", but
> >don't give a version. I *will* say that the few basic mousoevers
> that I've
> >tested have not worked in it, but again, I haven't thoroughly
> tested. They
> >do not generate and error, which is good. They just don't do anything. I
> >have not tested any CSS or DHTML stuff, so would be interested in hearing
> >what people know about this new AOL manglation. The AOL
> webmaster site has
> >not been updated to include info about this browser...at least not the
> >webmaster site that I have an url for.
>
> Well, I just view this as a continuation of AOLs historical
> disinterest in,
> and non-understanding of, that whole "web thing". They were late to
> recognize it's importance, and they still don't really care, IMO. Maybe
> their migration to Netscape will help in this regard.
Cross your fingers...last I heard (after the AOL/NS/Sun deal was announced)
Steve Case said he was going to renew the contract with MS to use IE after
Jan 1, 1999. Guess there's still time for him to change his mind...I don't
think there was any ink on the paper.
IE makes it easy for developers to integrate the browser into their software
(although they must have done extra work to f*#k it up so it would suck in
AOL - it's clearly not the same code as any IE I've seen). That's why
Quicken, Allaire and others have used it instead of NS. I *have* heard,
though, that there is a new browser rendering engine in the works for the
next release of NS, which may even the playing field as far as having a
"snap-on" browser component. Maybe that'll show up in AOL in the future?
Jack
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