RE: Windows XP dropping Java support

> The "average" user of any platform has more than one browser
> installed.

That's not my experience of average users.  Anyone involved in web
development certainly does.  Other people working in offices and home users
certainly do not.  (From my experience).  In fact, I've noticed that most
users cannot understand the concept that two browsers might act differently
when displaying a web page.


> Netscape 6 is the newest version and is being pushed on the
> Netscape site, and it includes the option to install the Java
> JRE package.

The problem is that Java doubles the download size of Netscape 6, and causes
it to run twice as slowly, using twice the memory.


> The ONLY thing that comes about from Microsoft
> dropping Java is that, gee-whiz, people are gonna have to get
> the plugin, much as they have to get the updated Flash and
> Shockwave players from Macromedia just to see some nifty
> animated thing on someone's website.

True, although in the case of Flash, it only takes two minutes to download
the plug-in.

Personally, I'd rather take my business elsewhere than wait for a large
plug-in which the site requires.

Tim




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