Re: FLASH: BROWSER WARS - What developers should do . . .

[Michael@BTW]

> I just think Netscape/AOL and MS are taking the piss!

> 

> I mean, you'd never get away with this anywhere else - If you had to have a

> different TV to watch each individual station, because they were

> broadcasting using different systems, then there would be huge public

> outrage, yet on the net, they seem to be able to get away with it!


That's funny, because there used to be, and there was. That's why NTSC/PAL

were developed (and enforced). Of course that's also why we've been stuck

with the limited resolution/color depth of NTSC since the 50s...


However, I do certainly agree and predict that some form of industry

standard needs to be enforced on web browsers. Maybe the inventor of the web

will hack something together once he's Chief;-)...


> 

> I'm holding out for some company like Nullsoft (makers of Winamp) to wave

> bye-bye to AOL, and write their own web-browser, that works with everything

> around at the moment, is updated frequently to support new technologies,

> actually works *with* the people like Macromedia to make new technologies

> work in their browser, and doesn't hog 95% of the computers resources doing

> almost nothing.

> Is that too much to ask?


Investors are in love with patents, and most webheads would rather get cr*p

for free than pay a penny for quality, so its unlikely it will come from

private industry...

> 


> 


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Michael Penney

Sharpener of the Cutting Edge

BigTimeWeb.Com




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