My browser's better than your browser....

[Kristopher Jon Magnusson]

I like the latest OmniWeb, which despite some minor bugs works far  
better than the previous revisions. In many ways, I like Netscape,  
too, but the authors should have paid more attention to things like  
making sure forms work as expected rather than things like munging  
the HTML spec.

To see what I mean, do the following.

1. Create a form with some radio buttons with different names, as  
in the following code:

<OL>
How do you usually learn a new programming tool? (Check all applicable.)
<DL>
<LI> <Input TYPE="radio" Name="experimentation">Experimentation	<br>
<LI> <Input TYPE="radio" Name="permutedindex">	Permuted index	<br>
<LI> <Input TYPE="radio" Name="reference">	Reference	<br>
<LI> <Input TYPE="radio" Name="training">	Training	<br>
<LI> <Input TYPE="radio" Name="tutorials">	Tutorials	<br>
</DL>
</OL>

2. While running NEXTSTEP, open the form in OmniWeb. Click on all  
radio buttons to select them, then click on them again to deselect  
them. Pretty straightforward behavior.

3. Drop out of NEXTSTEP and into Windows NT (ugh). Open the form in  
Netscape. Click on all radio buttons to select them, then click on  
them again to deselect them. But guess what? You can't deselect them  
without resetting the fields.

I rest my case.

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Kristopher Jon Magnusson                       MIME, NeXTmail OK
Zinc Software Incorporated                     <magnkj at zinc.com>
Technical Publications Manager                   +1 801 785 8900
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