IIRC ZIP-files are also using LZW. of course, the license stuff probably applies to that too, but why aren't they talking about it at all? I'm just curious...
seriously buggy. they can't even compete with Opera on CSS level 1 compliance. IE5 doesn't even come close. take IE to W3C's CSS test suite and see how it totally fails. sad story.
ECMAscript (javascript)
also buggy.
DHTML
they're supporting their own standards. if DHTML is considered a "standard" Netscape supports that too since Netscape supports their own standard. it's even well documented.
HTML 4.0
I'd guess the HTML 4 implementation is buggy too, but I haven't checked.
did you look any numbers up before you posted this?
Netscape are kind enough to release quite good JavaScript documentation. version 1.3 is out with docs downloadable from http://developer.netscape.com
the problem is that Microsoft's implementation of the "standards" doesn't follow Netscape's version. an example is the use of "JavaScript1.2" in the language attribute to the script element. IE 4 & 5 run scripts using 1.2, but it doesn't support all of 1.2 found in the Netscape docs. result is that you'll get broken scripts if you use it.
but, in the future there should be a standard for scripting too. it's called ECMAScript. combine it with W3C's Document Object Model and you have something better than JavaScript as of today.
"Well, I guess we all need comic relief in our day (I sure as hell do)."
me too, me too! (never though I'd say that)
reading Berst Alert with a Navigator that's set to not underline links is fun. it looks like a badly written speech note. blah blah blah blah Click for more. blah blah blah blah blah Click for more. blah blah blah blah blah Click for more.
Just replace "Click for more" with "applaud" og "laughter" or something, and your speech is ready!
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IIRC ZIP-files are also using LZW. of course, the license stuff probably applies to that too, but why aren't they talking about it at all? I'm just curious...
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buggy.
also buggy.
seriously buggy. they can't even compete with Opera on CSS level 1 compliance. IE5 doesn't even come close. take IE to W3C's CSS test suite and see how it totally fails. sad story.
also buggy.
they're supporting their own standards. if DHTML is considered a "standard" Netscape supports that too since Netscape supports their own standard. it's even well documented.
I'd guess the HTML 4 implementation is buggy too, but I haven't checked.
did you look any numbers up before you posted this?
yes and no.
Netscape are kind enough to release quite good JavaScript documentation. version 1.3 is out with docs downloadable from http://developer.netscape.com
the problem is that Microsoft's implementation of the "standards" doesn't follow Netscape's version. an example is the use of "JavaScript1.2" in the language attribute to the script element. IE 4 & 5 run scripts using 1.2, but it doesn't support all of 1.2 found in the Netscape docs. result is that you'll get broken scripts if you use it.
but, in the future there should be a standard for scripting too. it's called ECMAScript. combine it with W3C's Document Object Model and you have something better than JavaScript as of today.
me too, me too! (never though I'd say that)
reading Berst Alert with a Navigator that's set to not underline links is fun. it looks like a badly written speech note. blah blah blah blah Click for more. blah blah blah blah blah Click for more. blah blah blah blah blah Click for more.
Just replace "Click for more" with "applaud" og "laughter" or something, and your speech is ready!