Re: web browser emulators

by "Lisa" <nstar92(at)bellatlantic.net>

 Date:  Sat, 16 Dec 2000 16:13:31 -0600
 To:  "Davies,
Elizabeth H." <EHDavies(at)West.com>,
<hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>,
"Tamara Abbey" <tamara(at)abbeyink.com>
 References:  abbeyink
  todo: View Thread, Original
Note:
 Reds are useless in Web TV. They come up mainly as a blur because the color
system in most televisions is not the same red we use on the Computer. They
do not have the 256 color combo.
Lisa
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tamara Abbey" <tamara(at)abbeyink.com>
To: "Davies, Elizabeth H." <EHDavies(at)West.com>;
<hwg-techniques(at)mail.hwg.org>
Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: web browser emulators


| At 08:58 AM 12/8/00 -0600, Davies, Elizabeth H. wrote:
| >Does anyone have any suggestions for a good browser emulation program? Is
| >there any way around having every single browser loaded onto my machine?
|
| A fellow list member sent me this link: http://www.codo.com/browserola/
for
| Browserola -- it's a shareware thing, not too expensive and, I confess,
| I've used it once (oops, keep forgetting I have it now).
|
| How accurate is it? I don't know -- I do know there are certain things one
| machine cannot ever emulate -- like the way colors are rendered on
| completely different systems (WebTV comes to mind since it's viewed on a
| television). WebTV does offer a viewer too and it's helpful if you
| anticipate much WebTV usage. But, remember, colors are going to be way
| different. It's available at http://developer.webtv.net/
|
| HTH,
| Tamara

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