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  <name>Browsers</name>
  <metadata>
  <md:version>2.9</md:version>
  <md:created>2001/09/16 19:00:00 GMT-5</md:created>
  <md:revised>2004/08/04 12:38:31.224 GMT-5</md:revised>
  <md:authorlist>
      <md:author id="richb">
      <md:firstname>Richard</md:firstname>
      <md:othername>G.</md:othername>
      <md:surname>Baraniuk</md:surname>
      <md:email>richb@rice.edu</md:email>
    </md:author>
  </md:authorlist>

  <md:maintainerlist>
    <md:maintainer id="richb">
      <md:firstname>Richard</md:firstname>
      <md:othername>G.</md:othername>
      <md:surname>Baraniuk</md:surname>
      <md:email>richb@rice.edu</md:email>
    </md:maintainer>
  </md:maintainerlist>
  
  <md:keywordlist>
    <md:keyword>demo</md:keyword>
    <md:keyword>browser</md:keyword>
    <md:keyword>Mozilla</md:keyword>
  </md:keywordlist>

  <md:abstract>Overviews browsers used by Connexions
</md:abstract>
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  <content>
    <para id="para1">
<note type="warning">
This module contains out-of-date material.
</note>
      <list id="list1" type="bulleted">
	<name>Two browsers dominate at present</name>

	<item>
	  Microsoft Internet Explorer (IE)
	</item>

	<item>
	  Netscape Navigator
	</item>

      </list>

      <list id="list2" type="bulleted">
	<name>To view Connexions modules, 
	  browser must display</name>

	<item>
	  <cnxn document="m9000" strength="8">XML</cnxn> (IE, Navigator almost)
	</item>
	
	<item>
	  <cnxn document="m9008" strength="8">MathML</cnxn> (IE with $25 
	  <link src="http://www-4.ibm.com/software/network/techexplorer">IBM plug-in</link>    
	  soon)
	</item>
	
      </list>

      <list id="list3" type="bulleted">
	<name>Connexions testbed browser
	</name>

	<item>
	  <link src="http://mozilla.org/">Mozilla</link>
	</item>

	<item>
	  open-source browser that will form the future versions of Netscape
	</item>

	<item>
	  full XML, MathML support
	</item>

	<item>
	  modular - permits rapid protyping (XUL - XML-based User-interface Language)
	</item>

	<item>
	  Connexions <cnxn document="m10362" strength="8">Roadmap</cnxn> 
	  - XUL customization of Mozilla
	</item>

	<item>
	  not optimized for download speed (yet)
	</item>

      </list>

      <list id="list3b" type="bulleted">
	<name>Connexions will be cross-platform and cross-browser</name>

	<item>
	  may require plug-ins
	</item>
	
      </list>
    </para>

  </content>
  
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