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- From: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de (Michael van Elst)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Announce: AWeb 1.0 released!
- Date: 1 Apr 1996 19:24:59 +0200
- Organization: dis-
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- dgrant@dgrant.peinet.pe.ca (Dennis Grant) writes:
-
- >Michael, the world has changed. HTML has gone far far beyond what is was
- >originally intended to be.
-
- HTML didn't change.
-
- >It is no longer a device independant markup
- >language, it's now a new kind of communications medium.
-
- HTML still is. But WWW servers don't use it anymore because information
- becomes less important. Flashy logos and gimmicks are what todays makers
- of the Web want.
-
- >In order for Amiga users to participate in this new medium, we need to be
- >able to view NHTML. Period.
-
- Well, you need also a PC to participate in this new medium.
-
- >And as for "Because that is like Amiga being MS-DOS and Windoze compatible."
- >Amigas may not be able to run DOS/Windows programs, but we can use
- >DOS/Windows DATA.
-
- Sorry. This is not true. You may be able to use some DOS/Windows DATA, partially
- because the file formats existed independently of DOS/Windows and partially because
- they were reverse engineered. But you cannot use all the data because you cannot
- use the programs that read or create the files.
-
- >Comparing NHTML to this is like saying "I won't read that
- >book because it was typeset on a PC" or "I won't look at that picture because
- >it was made on a Mac"
-
- As a matter of fact I couldn't read a book if I had a Framemaker file or an
- Adobe PDF file. And I cannot read NHTML either. I don't see a difference.
-
- Regards,
- --
- Michael van Elst
-
- Internet: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de
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