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Re: How will Netscape/AOL Merger Affect Us?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lloyd Sumpter)
Tue Nov 24 16:29:55 1998
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Date: Tue, 24 Nov 1998 13:23:23 -0800 (PST)
From: Lloyd Sumpter <Lloyd.Sumpter@BCHydro.bc.ca>
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On 24-Nov-98 Daniel Cody wrote:
>
>> ...Yeah, OK. "Features" like..."Lets incorporate...a Word Processor!
>> Yeah,
>> people would use that! And maybe...a OODB Manager as well! I'm sure users
>> would like that!"
>
> Not trying to start a flame war here or anything, but wtf are you
> getting stuff like that from? When has a word processor or anything even
> close to resembling that been mentioned as an add on/in with the
> Netscape browser?
>
OK, I was exaggerating a bit. But there IS a mail-reader, a news-reader, and
an HTML editor. It's not inconceivable to combine the built-in news/mail editor
with the HTML editor, add some WYSIWYG, and get a word processor. I'm not
suggesting that this is a good idea - I'm saying that the same mentalitiy that
incorporated the other "features" might see this as an good idea.
I was compaining about the "features" that Netscape had already incorporated
that I find useless and serving only to bloat the code.
The features you mentioned that are actually coming in NS 5 sound good -
especially the open source stuff. But may I suggest a "stripped-down" version
that is ONLY a web-browser?
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