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Subject: Fwd: Re: Netscape Statement/Position?
CGM Open Members -- This is bad news for the #-fragment bug-fix effort, vis a' vis NN 4.x. Netscape's position is: no resources will be committed to fix NN 4.x (#-fragment bug). See following, my reply and additional question(s) to Jeff Hooker's reply to my status query... >[...] >Jeff, > >Thanks for your reply...follow-up questions... >2. Does the NN 4.x "no-fix" decision preclude finding a work-around for >CGM and SVG viewers, in the similar fashion as the BHO in MS/IE >environment? (recall, MS has not fixed the bug in IE5.5-6.0, but the BHO >provides a work-around). > >Regarding #2, I guess an important ancilliary question is: does anyone >think such a work-around is technically possible? > >(BTW, CGMO engineers coded and produced the BHO; MS help us with >consultancy and steering us in the right direction.) > >-Lofton. > >At 01:27 PM 9/26/01 -0700, you wrote: >>Lofton, >> >>Thank you for your patience. AOL's direction with regard to a public >>web-based >>client is primarily focused on the Netscape 6 client. Since this issue would >>require a code fix in the Communicator product as well as an upgrade path for >>users to the fixed version of Communicator this will not be an action for the >>Communicator product. If there are issue with the Netscape 6 client please >>advise the team. >> >>Thanks, >>JH >> >>Lofton Henderson wrote: >> >> > Hi Jeff, >> > >> > I know you have been out of office and are probably busy, but could you >> > possibly spare a moment for a status update? >> > >> > On Friday, we (CGM Open) are going to post a news item about a new release >> > of the (MS/IE) BHO, for the MS fragment-bug work-around. We have to say >> > something about Netscape browsers. It would be great if we could have a >> > positive conclusion, or at least a definitive status, to this... >> > >> > ### begin draft ### >> > September 2001 >> > New BHO Release >> > >> > A new release of the BHO (Browser Helper Object) is available. All major >> > Web browsers are potentially affected by the "#-fragment" bug (see >> > http://www.cgmopen.org/technical/bho/index.html). The BHO component -- a >> > joint effort of CGM Open and Microsoft -- provides a work-around for MS >> > Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0. This new BHO release improves the >> > communication with IE browsers, and introduces a new kind of URL checking >> > to prevent the BHO from taking action in undesired cases. It also can now >> > handle file extensions other than .cgm, for example .svg. The BHO is >> > unusable with Netscape browsers, which also are affected by the bug. CGM >> > Open has determined that Netscape Navigator 6.1 is unaffected, but NN 4.x >> > versions are affected. So far, [...no-progress statement about >> collaborate >> > solution with Netscape?...] >> > ### end draft ### >> > >> > Thanks, >> > -Lofton Henderson >> > CGM Open Program Director >> > >> > ******************* >> > Lofton Henderson >> > 1919 Fourteenth St., #604 >> > Boulder, CO 80302 >> > >> > Phone: 303-449-8728 >> > Email: lofton@rockynet.com >> > ******************* >> >>-- >>Jeff Hooker >>Director, Product Management >>Netscape Enterprise Client >>AOL Strategic Business Solutions >> >>650.937.2261 (office) >>jhooker@netscape.com (email) >>jhookerusa (aim) > ******************* Lofton Henderson 1919 Fourteenth St., #604 Boulder, CO 80302 Phone: 303-449-8728 Email: lofton@rockynet.com *******************
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