The last couple of weeks have been a time of exhiliration and heartbreak, and have forced me to seriously examine what my feelings are about the US and my...
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Kurt
kurt_cagle
Nov 19, 2004 8:06 am
Most of us, the people for whom the Metaphorical Web makes any sense whatsoever, are geeks. Not so long ago such a term was used with the greatest of derision,...
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Kurt
kurt_cagle
Nov 24, 2004 9:33 am
Firefox turned 1.0 last week, and in the process managed to hit 1,000,000 downloads in one day. Put that into perspective - Firefox is in the neighborhood of...
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Pieter Reint Siegers ...
psiegers2002
Nov 26, 2004 4:29 pm
Hi Kurt, good story, just wanted to mention that I just downloaded FireFox to give it a try, and found out that the download is only 4.7MB, not 20. ...
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Kurt Cagle
kurt_cagle
Nov 27, 2004 6:11 am
Pieter, It went out too soon -- I was trying to save for editing, not publishing, and pressed the wrong button. I'll mentioned that in the final version which...
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AndrewWatt2001@...
andrewwatt2001
Nov 27, 2004 11:55 am
In a message dated 11/27/2004 6:12:41 AM GMT Standard Time, ... Ah ... that explains why it finished in mid sentence. Andrew Watt...
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Rex Brooks
rexb@...
Nov 27, 2004 3:14 pm
To the list: Please distregard my previous message.I made a serious error in sending my previous post to this list rather than to Kurt. It was a personal...
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Art Bolstad
tolonaro
Nov 27, 2004 3:41 pm
I wondered :). God's blessings. May your work prosper. I certainly shall not publicize any of it. Art Bolstad...
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Rex Brooks
rexb@...
Nov 27, 2004 4:27 pm
Thanks, Art, I appreciate it. Rex ... -- Rex Brooks GeoAddress: 1361-A Addison, Berkeley, CA, 94702 USA, Earth W3Address: http://www.starbourne.com Email:...
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Kurt
kurt_cagle
Nov 28, 2004 8:17 pm
This was sent to me by a friend, and I thought it would help put into perspective just exactly how far we have come in fifty years. No word yet on the laptop...
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Kurt
kurt_cagle
Nov 28, 2004 9:42 pm
I inadvertantly posted this earlier while it was still under development. Sorry for the confusion. Firefox turned 1.0 last week, and in the process managed to...
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Micah Dubinko
mdubinko
Nov 28, 2004 11:11 pm
... Just comparing notes here. Is that just a guesstimate, or based on something else I don't know? :) If you look at "Feature Status" on ...
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Kurt Cagle
kurt_cagle
Nov 29, 2004 12:03 am
Micah, Thanks for the notes on this. I had known that IBM was donating xforms code into the Mozilla tree, but hadn't heard any timelines on this. I'd still...
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AndrewWatt2001@...
andrewwatt2001
Nov 29, 2004 10:29 am
In a message dated 11/28/2004 9:42:52 PM GMT Standard Time, ... Kurt, You are teasing us again! How does that sentence end? :) Andrew Watt...
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ronan@...
ronan_oger
Nov 29, 2004 1:06 pm
Andrew, let me fill it in for Kurt... ... actually be using a Windows PC in two years. ... Sounds goot to me......
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AndrewWatt2001@...
andrewwatt2001
Nov 29, 2004 1:25 pm
In a message dated 11/29/2004 1:09:23 PM GMT Standard Time, ronan@... ... Sounds toot goot to beetroot. :) Andrew Watt...
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Kurt Cagle
kurt_cagle
Nov 30, 2004 5:56 pm
Pressed the wrong button - next Metaphorical Web Post coming shortly....
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Pieter Reint Siegers ...
psiegers2002
Dec 1, 2004 12:34 am
Kurt, you should get rid of whatever key you're pressing or block it with a special instant key-blocker :-) Anyway, I have tried FireFox and I liked it, but...
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Kurt Cagle
kurt_cagle
Dec 1, 2004 7:27 am
Pieter, Thanks for the advice. Unfortunately, since the key is ctrl-A, which seems to have some diabolical meaning to the Blogspot editor, it's a hard one to...
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David Dodds
david_dodds_...
Dec 1, 2004 2:07 pm
Kurt Can you tell us about any info you have heard, or speculate about regarding SVG being available in Firefox as an "extension" widget, or other form? (in...
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Pieter Reint Siegers ...
psiegers2002
Dec 1, 2004 3:07 pm
Thanx Kurt for your comments, they are enlightening. Currently, I am attending a Flash MX course due to our company starting to embrace this new tool, and...
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Kurt Cagle
kurt_cagle
Dec 1, 2004 5:54 pm
Pieter, I'd say that's an accurate assessment, though will have to be honest in saying that I have not had that much of a chance to play with Flash MX, beyond...
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Kurt Cagle
kurt_cagle
Dec 1, 2004 6:03 pm
David, SVG is currently scheduled to be put into the main tree for Firefox in March 2005, though there's been a lot of development in the back end already, and...
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Ronan Oger
ronan_oger
Dec 1, 2004 10:07 pm
Kurt, At the SVG London Users Group, there was an excellent talk on Simillette, an SVG/XUL/XBL application to replace Simmile, a modelling framework for...
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AndrewWatt2001@...
andrewwatt2001
Dec 2, 2004 7:12 pm
In a message dated 12/1/2004 2:11:45 PM GMT Standard Time, ... You can download an SVG-enabled build of Mozilla 1.8 alpha 5 for Windows from ...
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Kurt
kurt_cagle
Dec 5, 2004 7:55 am
I wish to thank Edd Dumbill for syndicating the Metaphorical Web on his superb blog aggregator site http://planet.xmlhack.com. It's an honor and a privilege,...
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Ronan Oger
ronan_oger
Dec 8, 2004 12:35 pm
Kurt, all... regarding firefox... Something of interest in happening in Germany with Firefox. It's been reported to me informally that speigel.de, one of the...
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Kurt
kurt_cagle
Dec 13, 2004 7:51 am
Every so often, I discover that just when I think I've wrung everthing I can out of XSLT, it is still possible to do something subtle that changes my whole...
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Pieter Reint Siegers ...
psiegers2002
Dec 13, 2004 3:11 pm
Thanx Kurt, another interesting article from you - please keep the stuff coming! And, this time even without cut offs! :-)) Cheers, <prs/> _____ From: Kurt...
