Re: Microsoft bootlicker sues Netscape

[Sujal Shah <sujal@jhu.edu>]

On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, Dan Strychalski wrote:

> Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 10:38:45 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Dan Strychalski <dski@cameonet.cameo.com.tw>
> To: Multiple recipients of list <am-info@essential.org>
> Subject: Re: Microsoft bootlicker sues Netscape
> 
> Kind of like a newsstand owner unobtrusively slipping one insert into
> the Times for black customers and another for white....

I think you're being paranoid, just a bit.  In fact, I think you're crazy
if you equate your statement above to JavaScripts which check browser
versions.  

THose scripts are usually used to ensure that your content is viewable by
everyone out there.  In other words, if you have a Java applet on your
page, but you want to make sure your lynx or Opera users can browse your
site, you may want to redirect them to a separate page, or give them a
different context (i.e. without frames or audio, or a lot of images).

In many cases, it's an attempt to provide equal content to all people.  A
better example would be a newsstand or library (something that IS done
now) taking the Times and printing it out in Braille for a blind person so
that they can read the same news as you, but without the pictures and
other bells and whistles. 

Relax, for crying out loud.

> 
> Another thing: As I understand it, a script like that is a set of
> instructions to the browser. It is executed on the user's machine,
> taking control from the consumer and giving it to the supplier.
> 

Man you are paranoid, aren't you?  This script is a set of instructions to
the browser.  It's meant to be executed on the client side because
typically, the client has more processing power to spare than the server
machine.  If you don't like it, you can turn off the JavaScript and the
content, if written correctly will just direct you to the Lynx or
"Alternative" browser version.  

Give me a break, you need to find a new hobby instead of looking for
conspiracies in everything.

Opera, Netscape, and competition forever.

Sujal


> Lynx forever.
> 
> Daniel N. Strychalski                      dski@cameonet.cameo.com.tw
> 

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