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NOW Which Browser? (12/10/97)
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Hmmm, well, if you're a Netscape Navigator user entirely because of your moral opposition to all things Microsoft, you may be none too pleased to read the current Wired Flux column. If the opinion contained within really echoes Netscape's general attitude towards Apple, it's time for all of us to start shopping for a new browser.

It's well-known that many of the brains draining from Apple have been sliding down the storm drain straight to Netscape, but apparently we needn't worry about the Big Bad Browserfolk hiring away any more of Apple's talent. According to one person at Netscape, "We hired about half of Apple, but we (now) have an informal policy that anyone who's still at Apple -- like, for the last six months -- is too stupid to hire."

Now, before you purge all vestiges of Navigator from your hard drive in protest, remember that this is, after all, a quote from a single Netscape employee, not a posted Netscape company statement. Still, it's a nasty thing to say, and for us at least, it's yet one more reason to dislike Netscape. But where to turn? Even if we ignore the fact that Internet Explorer is made by Microsoft, its constant security holes and lacking Javascript support may far outweigh the benefits of its small RAM footprint and superfast Java virtual machine. (Or have they added Javascript on par with Navigator? We haven't kept up to date.) We'd almost go back to Cyberdog, but its rendering quirks and lack of Javascript leave us cold. Any go-getter developers out there looking to fill a need? ;-)

 
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The above scene was taken from the 12/10/97 episode:

December 10, 1997: (Sorry—this was before we started writing intro text for each episode!)

Other scenes from that episode:

  • 256: Macs-in-Ads Sightings (12/10/97)   If we've learned one thing today, it's that AtAT viewers are nothing if not keen-eyed. Reports of Mac sightings in PC-oriented ads flooded our virtual switchboards all day long. Since Macs are used so heavily in the graphics and content-creation areas, it seems that two factors are contributing to this phenomenon...

  • 258: Kicking Online Butt (12/10/97)   Wow, good news for a change! Apple's got a press release that claims the Apple Store has raked in $12 million in orders in its first 30 days, making it the third largest e-commerce web site on the internet...

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My name is Rip Van Winkle and I just woke up; what did I miss?
I'm trying to pretend the last 20 years never happened
I mean, if it worked for Friends, why not?
I came here looking for a receptacle in which to place the cremated remains of my deceased Java applets (think about it)

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