- From: Jim Ley <jim@jibbering.com>
- Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 01:47:27 -0000
- To: "Vadim Plessky" <lucy-ples@mtu-net.ru>, <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
"Vadim Plessky": > On Friday 28 December 2001 01:29, Jim Ley wrote: > | "Charles McCathieNevile" > | > available in one free browser for each platform? Or does it need to be > | > avalable in IE (which is not a multi-platform browser - it is available > | on two platforms and the versions are effectively different pieces of > | software)? > | > | > Or does it need to be available for at least two years? > | > | 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? > 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.
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