[1383] in java-interest
html3
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Stephen Rodgers)
Thu Aug 31 14:11:08 1995
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 1995 10:54:50 -0400 (EDT)
From: Robert Stephen Rodgers <rsrodger@wam.umd.edu>
To: Jason Weiler <weilerj@std.teradyne.com>
cc: java-interest@java.sun.com
In-Reply-To: <9508302008.AA14658@fudd.std.teradyne.com>
> > A *lot* of PC browsers support HTML3, including Mosaic (well...) and
> > Microsoft's Internet Explorer.
>
> Yes, but why do they support a non-standard? Simple...they have to
> in order to compete with Netscape or they will sink.
Well, that and the fact that the web is a lot *better* with the extensions
than without. It's not like they're conforming to, say, an 8.3 file
standard because the masses use a brain dead OS. They're picking up
enhancements because they make things more pleasant and people are _using_
them.
Want Java to boom in popularity? Make it as easy to develop a Java
applet as it is in Visual Basic. A complete novice can put together a
working VB app that does something useful (like conversions, for
instance) in minutes.
> > what exactly would unseating Netscape
> > actually accomplish?
>
> Nothing...and due to it's publicity to the general public, I have doubts
> as to weather they CAN be uinseted in a short span of time.
Exactly.
> Publicity_Publicity_Publicity! Java will find it's home on the net. By
[...]
> at your local Walden's. In short, the future of advertising is on
> web...no doubt.
All of which is available to Java if it gets used. If Netscape adds Java
applet support, that'll do the job quicker than dueling browsers.
Speaking of applets, has anyone found any HotJava applets that actually do
anything useful as opposed to wasting a minute and a half downloading
some frames for jerky tiny animation playback?
[..]
RSR
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