RE: Netscape support for XSL Stylesheets

[Linda van den Brink <lvdbrink@xxxxxxx>]

I protest - I do not think what you encounter on this list is usually the
expression of hate towards Microsoft. It is just healthy criticism. 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: John Markor [mailto:john.markor@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Sunday, August 15, 1999 5:31 PM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Netscape support for XSL Stylesheets


OK - so everyone on the list apparently hates Microsoft - not a problem.
But Microsoft is the ONLY! mainstream browser that supports any form of XML
in a native format.  So whatever its failings, we seem to be relegated to
haphazard support.  
 
Which may not be a bad thing - at least its some sort of support, and they
are farther along the curve than Netscape is, especially since the comments
I've seen from the lists apparently seem to state that Netscape could "take
or leave" XML and/or XSL.  I  already have a JavaScript program that
validates an XML document against a DTD and/or Schema - done with IE5.  I
can't do that with any other product unless I want to get something like the
SoftQuad Products, which are too expensive to deliver into a mainstream
authoring environment.  If I had to suggest that someone go out and purchase
150 copies of the SoftQuad products, I'd be laughed out of the office.  
 
Most of my clientele uses Win98 or NT4, most of the XML editors, save for
SoftQuad, have an interface that only a programmer would love - not the
target market that I consult for.  So I suggest that they use IE4/MSXML or
IE5 to author/validate structured documents with.  Its quick, relatively
painless to support, relatively inexpensive, and most importantly, WORKS!
like a charm.
 
So as far as I'm concerned, I'll live with the "quirks" in the Microsoft
product - unless someone shows me a better product that works on Win98 and
NT4.
 
----- Original Message ----- 

From: McKisson,  <mailto:mckisss@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Shawn 
To: 'xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' <mailto:'xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx'>  
Sent: Friday, August 13, 1999 1:43 PM
Subject: RE: Netscape support for XSL Stylesheets

Excerpt from mozilla FAQ:

What is Gecko? 
Gecko is Netscape's revolutionary next-generation browser engine based
entirely on open Internet standards such as HTML 4.0, CSS 1/2, XML 1.0, and
the W3C Document Object Model. Gecko also includes a set of complementary
browser components that work alongside the layout engine to form the
founding platform of Netscape's next generation Web browser. Gecko is
currently under development. Gecko has been known previously by the code
names "Raptor"  and "NGLayout"; the new name was chosen following a
trademark infringement dispute. 

-----Original Message-----
From: John E. Simpson [ mailto:simpson@xxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:simpson@xxxxxxxxxxx> ]
Sent: Friday, August 13, 1999 2:40 PM
To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
Subject: Re: Netscape support for XSL Stylesheets


At 02:43 PM 8/13/1999 -0400, Keith Visco wrote:
>There are people working on this at Mozilla. They have my current C++
>source code for MITRE's TransforMiiX (TM) XSL processor, and are
>evaluating it for inclusion into the Mozilla project. This is not
>official, and it will be up to them if they decide to use it or not.

Thanks, Keith -- if they go with it, this is *very* good news!

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