RE: Netscape vs. Internet Explorer Comparison trials

rkm ( rkm@marshall.net )
Sun, 25 Jan 1998 20:12:04 -0500

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One of the browser things we are comparing is streaming audio and =
video.. right now I am listening to the live superbowl stadium feed =
using the NT netshow player on an NT box with p133 32mb ram while =
watching the TV video feed and it is impressing the hell out of me!

It looks to us that if Netscape can't handle activeX very soon they will =
be dead.

-----Original Message-----
From: Chilton [SMTP:chilton@trag.com]
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 1998 3:46 PM
To: ntisp@emerald.iea.com; inet-access@earth.com
Subject: Netscape vs. Internet Explorer Comparison trials

Ok, I've had it with the pathetic browser comparison pages. I'm doing my =

own. But I need your help!

What aspects should I compare? Here are the ones I have schemed up so=20
far. Please let me know if there are other aspects that I have missed,=20
that are important to you, and for that matter, your users.

Aspects:

Java compatability
Memory requirements
Hard drive space requirements
Minimum system requirements
Reliance on TSRs, Extensions, Inits, and other system level software
Speed at loading a page of text
Speed at loading a page of tables and text
Speed at loading a graphically intense page
Speed at loading a page with frames, tables, text, and lots of graphics

Did I miss one? Several? Let me know and this week I'll host a massive=20
test to find out who is the true winner, or at least what each one is=20
better at.

-Chilton Webb

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