RE: RE: MetaCard based browser?

2000-08-10 Thread LORI FRAIND
ive. Hope this helps! Lori C. Fraind Delex Systems, Inc. (703) 734-8300 x310 -Original Message- From: David Bovill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 08, 2000 10:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RE: Metacard based browser? What's a SCORM when you find one? >

Re: RE: Metacard based browser?

2000-08-08 Thread David Bovill
> From:Geoff Canyon [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent:Saturday, August 05, 2000 2:35 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: Metacard based browser? >> >> Scott Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said, on 8/4/00 6:14 PM: >> >> >If your goal

RE: Metacard based browser?

2000-08-07 Thread LORI FRAIND
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Metacard based browser? > > Scott Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said, on 8/4/00 6:14 PM: > > >If your goal is to create a new standard for page description, then maybe > > >you have a reachable (and laudible) goal, but for c

Re: Re: Metacard based browser?

2000-08-05 Thread David Bovill
Practically speaking I'd like to start by enabling Metacard to download, browse and search the online list archives. The first problem is I can't get the html page, as there is a re-diret on it and: get url "http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/" url "http://www.mail

Re: Metacard based browser?

2000-08-05 Thread Pierre Sahores
Geoff Canyon wrote: > > Scott Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said, on 8/4/00 6:14 PM: > > >If your goal is to create a new standard for page description, then maybe > >you have a reachable (and laudible) goal, but for current HTML, I would > >suggest taking a step back and evaluating if you really ha

Re: Metacard based browser?

2000-08-05 Thread Richard Gaskin
Geoff Canyon wrote: > I can see it now--little badges everywhere on the web saying "This site > best viewed in MetaCard!" This morning, www.warnerbros.com said I had to > have Netscape or Internet Explorer, _and_ Flash, in order to use their > site at _all_ What a thrill it would be to have some

Re: Metacard based browser?

2000-08-05 Thread Geoff Canyon
Scott Rossi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said, on 8/4/00 6:14 PM: >If your goal is to create a new standard for page description, then maybe >you have a reachable (and laudible) goal, but for current HTML, I would >suggest taking a step back and evaluating if you really have that kind of >time availabl

Re: Re: Re: Metacard based browser -

2000-08-04 Thread David Bovill
>> >>Please, can anyone save me from the RFC??? > >There is no escape from RFCs :-0 >> Aha, but there is. For now I can use an xThing. I've looked at the "Really Friendly C" stuff, and I have'nt got a word to say against them - just a bit long maybe. By the way where are they again? Archives:

Re: Re: Metacard based browser -

2000-08-04 Thread andu
>A French car? > >>Scott Rossi wrote: >> >>> My guess is, if you're looking to be able to parse the HTML from any >>> existing Web page, you're in for a thousand and one headaches. >> >>One word: tables. >> >>Okay, two words: nested tables. >> > >The thought makes me shiver -:) > >OK, here is

Re: Re: Metacard based browser?

2000-08-04 Thread andu
>I was thinking of using CSSP for layouts for users with later browsers, and designing >style sheets that then work and look good for both the MetaCard environment and the >average web user. Template based web authoring, with added ease of dynamic CGI >scripting is what I think is worth aimi

Re: Re: Metacard based browser - what's a 302?

2000-08-04 Thread David Bovill
A French car? >Scott Rossi wrote: > >> My guess is, if you're looking to be able to parse the HTML from any >> existing Web page, you're in for a thousand and one headaches. > >One word: tables. > >Okay, two words: nested tables. > The thought makes me shiver -:) OK, here is the first proble

Re: Re: Metacard based browser?

2000-08-04 Thread David Bovill
OK, already >My guess is, if you're looking to be able to parse the HTML from any >existing Web page, you're in for a thousand and one headaches. One big >problem I see for you is that with there are multiple ways to describe >the same layout information. Will you be able to test for the

Re: Metacard based browser?

2000-08-04 Thread Richard Gaskin
Scott Rossi wrote: > My guess is, if you're looking to be able to parse the HTML from any > existing Web page, you're in for a thousand and one headaches. One word: tables. Okay, two words: nested tables. ;) -- Richard Gaskin Fourth World Media Corporation Multimedia Design and Develo

Re: Metacard based browser?

2000-08-04 Thread Scott Rossi
> Is anyone working on a Metacard based browser? I'm just starting on that > trail, and either I am making some basic mistakes, or it is more complex > than I thought (as ever). My guess is, if you're looking to be able to parse the HTML from any existing Web page, you're in for a thousand and o

Re: Metacard based browser?

2000-08-04 Thread Pierre Sahores
Geoff Canyon wrote: > > Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said, on 8/4/00 10:12 AM: > > >David Bovill at wrote: > > > >> Is anyone working on a Metacard based browser? I'm just starting on that > >> trail, and either I am making some basic mistakes, or it is more complex > than > >> I thought (

Re: Metacard based browser?

2000-08-04 Thread Geoff Canyon
Richard Gaskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said, on 8/4/00 10:12 AM: >David Bovill at wrote: > >> Is anyone working on a Metacard based browser? I'm just starting on that >> trail, and either I am making some basic mistakes, or it is more complex than >> I thought (as ever). > >What would be the advanta

Re: Metacard based browser?

2000-08-04 Thread Richard Gaskin
David Bovill at wrote: > Is anyone working on a Metacard based browser? I'm just starting on that > trail, and either I am making some basic mistakes, or it is more complex than > I thought (as ever). What would be the advantages of a MetaCard-based browser over MSIE or NN? -- Richard Gaskin

Re: Metacard based browser and http headers?

2000-07-14 Thread Kevin Miller
On 14/7/00 5:03 pm, David Bovill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can anyone help with any experience in this area. I can't find any > documentation on http headers property. I am trying to automate some > activities which use CGI's to register new customers. The forms take ages to > fill in, and I'd