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Re: WebTV and MMD Archives
By Bob Fitterman

I believe I have located the problem that is preventing WebTV from
displaying the welcome page to the MMD Archives. Once the theory has
been tested, Jody or I will post a confirmation here.

It appears that the welcome page has a valid HTML tag in an invalid
place. I don't know why I put it there, but I did. Apparently Netscape
and Internet Explorer ignore that tag and I suspect that WebTV attempts
to process it, resulting in a bad display.

Bob Fitterman
bobf@ilx.com

 P.S. ATTN Jody or Robbie, you may want to run this with a comment from
      Jody after he has time to change it and get feedback from David.
      I just wanted to write up something before everyone starts blaming
      WebTV and it isn't really their problem.

 [ Editor's Note:
 [
 [ I made the change to the "Archives" page and hope to get additional
 [ feedback from our WebTV readers.  WebTV subscribers -- please
 [ check out:
 [
 [     http://mmd.foxtail.com/Archives
 [
 [ and let us know if you only get a blank blue screen or if you
 [ get something "useful" (access to the Archives).
 [
 [ Thanks
 [ Jody
 [
 [ P.S. I think that WebTV is something to keep an eye on.  The
 [ current incarnation is certainly limited, but its simple enough
 [ to install that someone who is completely computer illiterate
 [ could do it.  Further, consider that future versions of this
 [ product may seamlessly integrate traditional TCP/IP delivered
 [ material with high-bandwidth (i.e. real-time video) delivered
 [ via cable or DBS satellite.  High-definition TV is also coming
 [ soon.  This will greatly improve the image resolution problem.
 [ In the meantime, WebTV has made a developer's Web site available
 [ to aid vendors who want to improve their Web site's appearance
 [ on WebTV.  Since only 2% of our subscribers are WebTV customers,
 [ we won't revamp every page.  However, many of the style suggestions
 [ they make help at 640x480 too, so I'm open to feedback.
 [
 [ Jody


(Message sent Fri 6 Jun 1997, 13:35:21 GMT, from time zone GMT-0400.)

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