- From: Vadim Plessky <lucy-ples@mtu-net.ru>
- Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 12:09:45 +0000
- To: "Jim Ley" <jim@jibbering.com>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
- Cc: Peter-Paul Koch <ppk@xs4all.nl>
On Saturday 29 December 2001 01:47, Jim Ley wrote: | > | I believe it's available on 4 platforms (Win32, Mac,Solaris, and | > | PocketPC) but it's also 4 seperate browsers with an entire different | > | codebase (unlike NN, or Mozilla) which share only a name. | > | > IE for PocketPC / Windows CE is, in fact, MS IE 4.0. | > | >It claims to be IE3 compatible, it's DOM is similar to NN3's (not IE3's) | | it has things like Accesskey (I've yet to find out if you can access them | on iPaq or similar "pen" PDA's, do you have some definitive reason for | believing it to be IE4's codebase? I think Peter-Paul Koch wrote to me about this (IE4 in WinCE). Peter-Paul, do you have more info what kind of browser is built-in in WinCE? Discussion about "Minimal Browser Capabilities" is happening on WAI-IG mailing list (Web Accessibility Initiative Interest Group), and people in particular interested in accessibility options in different browsers. I invite you to participate in this interesting thread ;-) [archive is available on W3C server] | | > Anyway, as Win CE PDA's do not have Ethernet or Radio-Ethernet | connectivity | > built-in, I doubt they can be counted as a Platform. | | My PC doesn't have any internet connectivity built-in, indeed, I use the | same mobile phone for both PC and PDA access (exclusively palm, I find my | iPaq to slow.) In any case AvantGo or other "Channel" technology whereby | you download websites through a local connection to a PC and read | disconnected are very popular and still require the content to be | accessible. | | > And I can add to Jim's list another 1.5 platforms. | > 1) WebTV - which is also based on MS technologies | | WebTV as a brand is indeed based on MS code, internet through your TV as | a concept is certainly not, the UK internet TV access (of which there are | many million of capable boxes - actual usage I don't know, but UK cable and | satellite digital boxes have browsers within them (Risc OS "Fresco" browser | in general I believe.) | | Jim. -- Vadim Plessky http://kde2.newmail.ru (English) 33 Window Decorations and 6 Widget Styles for KDE http://kde2.newmail.ru/kde_themes.html KDE mini-Themes http://kde2.newmail.ru/themes/
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