RE: FLASH: Netscape 6 is a Flash Nightmare

[Frederico]

On 4/5/00 1:47 PM Mountain Time, Jason Bouwmeester via

jasonintervisual [dot] com

, said:


>NS 6 is a PREVIEW ... rest assured they wouldn't be stupid enough on finally

>release (a few months away) to exclude flash...


You miss the point. The F4r027/28 player is already included (hoorah.); 

that's not the issue. The issue is that Flash is rendered improperly, 

loads improperly, and fails to execute numerous key commands; as well as 

failing to execute host-Java and JavaScripts properly.


The point to the issue is that masses of people will be downloading and 

using the 'Preview' version, thinking it worthy of near-release status 

(ever seen how many 'Preview' versions of AOL hit your sites?), and they 

may not know the difference between N6's shoddy rendering and failures 

and your own.


Again, designers/webmasters are encouraged to d/l all available 

platforms/versions and inspect their own products for display and 

execution errors; if they do (and they will) exist, either warn your 

patrons of the issues, or advise-against/refuse entrance unless with an 

older browser.


Your client's reputation for quality, and thus yours, is in your hands, 

not Netscapes.


HTH


Frederico



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