[REBOL] Re: REBOL, Flash and Browsers
From: petr:krenzelok:trz:cz at: 11-Mar-2003 22:50
Carl Read wrote:
>On 12-Mar-03, Petr Krenzelok wrote:
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>>Carl Read wrote:
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>
>>>We could turn things on their heads and create a simple web-browser
>>>in REBOL that uses 'browse to display webpages it can't display,
>>>but which could do anything REBOLish we like on those pages it can
>>>display.
>>>
>>>
>
>>I think that is not the way - we need deployment - each single
>>desktop has browser ... thru browser, let's get users to Rebol ;-)
>>
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>There doesn't have to be only one way, and the above suggestion
>doesn't require us to persuade RT to do it - as long as 'browse works
>on all REBOL/Views. And if nothing else, a half-way usable
>web-browser would be a good demo of what REBOL's capable off. (I'm
>now wondering just how big (small) such a script would need to be...)
>
That is exactly that - how far do you want to go? I am afraid, looking
at W3C's site, that something is wrong with so called "standards" :-)
Lot's of stuff which can be actually combined onto page to make certain
functionality working, so what to implement and what to obey and still
have usable webpage navigation? I think it could become tricky. OTOH -
how you will support such single thing as multiple color text per face?
(although maybe there could be some other solution)
Simply put - I think (and you don't need to share my opinion), that any
partial result will be seen as failure to correct browser functionality.
I would really like to see ability to have link on my website, which
would bring in rebol player and run the package ... I am not sure it is
doable without RT's assistance ... do you think it is?
-pekr-