Re: Browser - Platforms To Consider

by "John Murray" <jmnc(at)lis.net.au>

 Date:  Thu, 8 Mar 2001 12:28:54 +1100
 To:  "Peter-Paul Koch" <gassinaumasis(at)hotmail.com>
 Cc:  <hwg-languages(at)hwg.org>
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IF you wanted to take a punt on handheld devices being significant as a web
content delivery device, using your model of "platform" as being a marker
for bundles of logically grouped hardware and software implementations, what
"platforms" in the handheld market would you be starting to work into your
design skillset?

Thanks.
----- Original Message -----
From: Peter-Paul Koch <gassinaumasis(at)hotmail.com>
To: <jmnc(at)lis.net.au>; <hwg-languages(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 7:09 PM
Subject: Re: Browser - Platforms To Consider


>
> >"And yes, there's a HUGE difference between IE5 Windows and IE5 Mac.
> >Basically Windows is the only one to support the MS proprietary
extensions,
> >Mac stays much closer to the spec. When writing DOM scripts, *always*
treat
> >IE5 Windows and IE5 Mac as two different browsers." - Peter-Paul Koch
>
> First time I'm being quoted like this...<g>
>
> >On this point, if you were to determine a maximum of say 5 "different
> >browsers" to design for, what would you have on your list.
>
> IE5 Win, IE5 Mac, NN6 (no OS differences, so counts as 1), NN4 Win, NN4
Mac,
> IE4 Win. (Well, that's 6 but it's what I'd choose).
>
> ppk
>
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