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From: Chris Wiles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 1999 7:26 AM
Subject: [voyager] Re: http://v3.vapor.com/
> > Wow, then V� is actually better than IB2 :) I have to admit I am not too
> > impressed with V� handling of JavaScript. Well, in time it will probably
> > be corrected :)
>
> IMHO it's ok. Do remember that most of the JS 'errors' are either:
>
> a) different interpretations of JS code. ie. you can't say 'V supports
> mouseovers' as for every ten sites that work, there may be one that
doesn't.
> You have to tweak the JS DOM for each one of these sites. This is the
major
> hassle of JS.
Actually, to be fair, I really haven't had any JS problems at all when I've
been using the PC browsers. I think it's just going to take some time to
iron it out in Voyager. And this is a beta, after all.
> b) NYI functionality, but nothing that can't be added fairly quickly. Olli
> started fixing a number of sites I gave to him, in a very short period of
> time (ie. overnight), but then had to switch his time to working on the
> Flash plugin, after David Gerber left for holiday :(
>
> As David has just returned (this weekend gone), he will now have more time
> to go through JS errors.
>
> Oh, also, don't forget that once he fixes an error on one site, this
> generally fixes errors on others - many problems overlap.
>
> > > There must be a reason why there won't be a demo of IB 2 for 10 days
or
> so.
> >
> > Personally I think Olli should have waited a bit more in release a
> > prerelease of V�. I think a lot of people is talking very well about
> > V�, and this is mainly caused by V�'s lack of JavaScript support.
>
> So, the speed factors, Flash and so on aren't impressive?
>
> Personally I think people moan too much. ie. what are these people
generally
> comparing the browsers too? ie. IB 2 (with NO Flash and virtually NO JS
and
> with a table implementation which is reported to be *worse* than IB
v1.22!)
> and AMozilla (doesn't exist)? :)
aMozillaX exists, just not publicly, as yet. I've been chatting with one of
its coders.
> Voyager 3 is the first Amiga browser with embedded Flash/Shockwave
(although
> AGA support is poor atm), first Amiga browser with HTTP 1.1, first Amiga
> browser with OpenSSL support and is certainly a lot faster than v2.9x was.
Yeah, it's quite speedy considering Ollie hasn't optimized it yet. *8^>
> True there are a lot of JS problems, true I think he should have waited a
> while (I told him we need as many JS sites working as possible...) but we
> also wanted to get 'something' out for WOA.
It was a fair trade-off. Users needed to see that Voyager was still going to
be a major presence. And, beside all of that, Ollie wanted to get some
AmiCola and AmiBoxer-Shorts. *8^D
> Especially considering HiSoft made consistent 'IB 2 will be out at WOA'
> announcements for weeks.
*8^>
> Give V two weeks and you'll have a nice JS implementation, embedded
> Flash/SW, all the rest of the functionality and a few extra enhancements
> too.
The countdown had begun... *8^)
> Chris.
>
> Active Technologies - Chris Wiles [Managing Director]
> http://www.active-net.co.uk
> Tel: +44 (0)1325 460116 [9-6 Mon-Fri, 10-5 Sat]
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>
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Vance.
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