- From: David Poehlman <poehlman@clark.net>
- Date: Thu, 02 Sep 1999 09:21:22 -0400
- To: thatch@us.ibm.com
- CC: "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <unagi69@concentric.net>, User Agent Guidelines Emailing List <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org>
is not the netscape code now open source? thatch@us.ibm.com wrote: > > I think I understand your argument about the graphical view, but I don't agree > with it. > > You mentioned working out the details between IBM SNS and Netscape. That's a > joke, We couldn't (didn't) even get the interested enough to have a look/listen > to HPR. The HPR implementation, which uses Plugin technology, Java, Java Script, > and DDE was done by the developer in Japan with no support or help from > Netscape. > > Jim Thatcher > IBM Special Needs Systems > www.ibm.com/sns > thatch@us.ibm.com > (512)838-0432 > > "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <unagi69@concentric.net> on 09/01/99 01:49:30 PM > > To: James Thatcher/Austin/IBM@IBMUS > cc: User Agent Guidelines Emailing List <w3c-wai-ua@w3.org> > Subject: Re: HPR Evaluation > > aloha, thatch! > > please, don't worry about not answering my questions earlier -- i am simply > glad that you took my note as it was intended: as a nudge, and definitely not a > nose-tweak! > > you bring up 2 interesting points: first, that -- as regards its interaction > with HPR -- quote Netscape is closer in concept to the a protocol (HTTP) for > HPR than it is a user interface.unquote > > yet, as intriguing as that line of thought may be, i would, however, like to > discuss the second point you raised in a bit more detail... you noted that, in > HPR's default configuration, synchronization with the Netscape view is set to > OFF... while i admit that most HPR users may never change the default setting, > there are definitely feasible slash probable scenarios where one can envision a > blind user changing the setting so as to work with sighted colleagues, to teach > sighted colleagues about the web, to illustrate a point to a web or intranet > development team, etc. > > but that isn't really the gist of my concern... what concerns me is that the > "graphical view", which HPR is capable of importing from Netscape is available > to the user... therefore, it seems only logical that, since the graphical > rendering of a document is available upon demand, the presentation of the > graphical view should be governed by the UI-related checkpoints... > > as for the issue of upon whose shoulders the responsibility for ensuring that > the "graphical view" is compliant, i suppose that that is something that needs > to be worked out between IBM SNS and Netscape... > > thanks again for helping us work out this issue -- speaking personally, i have > found your insights to be quite valuable in my own evaluation of the UAGL... > > gregory. > > At 10:33 AM 9/1/99, Jim Thatcher wrote: > >Sorry Gregory that your questions didn't get answered. HPR cannot run without > >Netscape and HPR cannot be adapted for IE or Opera or anything else. Yes we > >allow users to view Netscape, but in the default configuration > (synchronization > >off) that would not be interesting because only the starup page would be > there. > >Netscape is closer in concept to the a protocol (HTTP) for HPR than it is a > >user interface. > > -------------------------------------------------------- > He that lives on Hope, dies farting > -- Benjamin Franklin, Poor Richard's Almanack, 1763 > -------------------------------------------------------- > Gregory J. Rosmaita <unagi69@concentric.net> > President, WebMaster, & Minister of Propaganda, > VICUG NYC <http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/vicug/> > -------------------------------------------------------- -- Hands-On Technolog(eye)s Touching The Internet: mailto:poehlman@clark.net Voice: 301.949.7599 ftp://ftp.clark.net/pub/poehlman http://poehlman.clark.net Dynamic Solutions Inc. Best of service for your small business network needs! http://www.dnsolutions.com ---sig off---
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