Re: New FTA site - with on-line IIgs (java emulator)!!

[Declan MacLeod <declan_macleoid@hotmail.com>]

In article <20030306210349.08747.00002200@mb-cg.aol.com>,
 mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon) wrote:
> >
> >If it is browser specific, then it is a poor application.  Sorry, but 
> >that's why standards exist....
> 
> It is not a "browser" application--it is a Windows/MSIE application.
> This is clear when viewing it in MSIE--it should also be easily seen
> when viewing in even a text browser.
> 
> Contrary to the thread title, it is not in Java, but is a DirectX app,
> and therefore platform-specific.
> 
> There is certainly a place for platform-specific applications, even on the
> Web.  (Particularly considering the ubiquity of the platform for which it
> is intended.)
> 
> -michael
> 
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Then it should present itself as such.  On my Mac it just looks like a 
broken webpage.

And as far as ubiquity -- cockroaches are more numerous than humans.  I 
know who's company I prefer.  ;-)