[thelist] Why is NS6 DHTML so SLOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWW?!

[Andrew Forsberg]

It does support a new version of javascript, however, doesn't it? 
Isn't it the only browser to support v1.3? Not that I can find jack 
information about what exactly that means as far as web development 
goes.

Netscape 6 won't die, it'll just morph into a whole raft of other 
browsers via Mozilla. At least, that's my gut feeling given the open 
source nature of mozilla. AOL will probably buy in, perhaps the 
openoffice / staroffice engine too, who knows what else, at any rate, 
it's not likely to go away any time soon.

But I'm not pretending I don't have my fingers crossed for at least 
one good, stable, gecko-based browser.

Andrew

>I am just amazed that you can get DHTML to work in NS6.
>By the way thanks for the link Alister.
>Every page I have come across that is using JavaScript either doesn't work
>or it takes forever in NS6.
>I really don't think there is anything "optimized" for NS6.
>I was speaking with some friends tonight that said there was a possibility
>that NS6 was going to be dropped. I don't know if this is true or not but I
>think it would be a great idea.
>
>Thanks,
>Brad Miller

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Andrew Forsberg
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