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RE: Why Lynx-compatibility matters (was RE: Lotsa laughs)

• From: "Smith, Adrian" <asmith@d...>
• To: 'XML Dev' <xml-dev@i...>
• Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 15:05:45 -0700

The IBM lead Bluetooth chip would tend to support the rant at the end.

Thanks!
Adrian

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	David Megginson [SMTP:david@m...]
> Sent:	Wednesday, May 26, 1999 2:31 PM
> To:	'XML Dev'
> Subject:	Why Lynx-compatibility matters (was RE: Lotsa laughs)
> 
> Didier PH Martin writes:
> 
>  > Lynx? Do you have a time machine? :-)
> 
> Until very recently (a few months ago), I still used Lynx to read HTML
> documentation quickly when I was already in a shell.
> 
> Actually, I think that the Lynx test is a very good one, since it
> probably mirrors many of the limitations that will exist in early
> palm-top or cell-phone browsers (can you imagine 5 frames and a giant
> splash graphic on a 2"x3" handheld screen?).
> 
> All Web sites should be able to display some kind of useful
> information in Lynx, either by browser sniffing or even just using the
> <noframes> element.  It's not rocket science -- if your Web designer
> doesn't know how to do it, it's time to go shopping.
> 
> <rant> 
> 
> The PC revolution is just about run its course, and the big, bloated
> browsers and OS's may just be its death rattle.  Not that PC's will
> disappear -- minicomputers and mainframes never did, and they even
> made a big come-back later on -- but people just won't care as much.
> 
> Small devices (such as heldhelds and smart cell phones) may do to
> Microsoft in the next decade what PCs did to IBM in the 1980's.  Let's
> start thinking forward a couple of years -- should we be more worried
> more about 3COM than Microsoft?
> 
> </rant>
> 
> 
> All the best,
> 
> 
> David
> 
> -- 
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