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Fri, Apr 11, 1997
April 1997 Archives.News.com: Netscape's push strategy and Freeloader challenges Pointcast.
Seattle Times: A quick courtship won over WebTV.
PC World: Tips and tricks for IE 4.0.
Berst Alert: Microsoft and Netscape feud holds HTML hostage.
SJ Mercury: PowerComputing's new clones are faster and cheaper than Apple's.
Thu, Apr 10, 1997
MacWEEK: Analysts predict a $629 million loss for Apple.Netscape: download Visual JavaScript 1.0 preview.
News.com: Push shakeout looms.
CNNfn: Apple ponders Newton sale.
Upside: Interview with Scott McNealy.
WebWeek: Sun's Secret Plans For Dealing With Microsoft.
DaveNet: Great Walls of FUD.
FUD == Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt.
Wed, Apr 9, 1997
Frontier 4.2.3b2 upgrader. Fat Pages now work with Netscape browsers.DaveNet: Sandboxes.
Steve Silberman eulogizes Allen Ginsburg.
SJ Mercury: License fee hikes threaten Apple-IBM pact.
Tue, Apr 8, 1997
Wesley Felter: Broken Inside.Webintosh: HTML Scripting With Frontier.
MacWEEK: Ric Ford reports on developer's plans for Rhapsody.
The Doug Baron Report: Moving Frontier to Windows.
A Pulitzer for DaveNet? Hmmm. (I wish!)
Fat pages are moving again: April 8, 1997 Changes.
Mon, Apr 7, 1997
DaveNet: The Patent Angle.Not for attribution: Microsoft and the WebTV Patents.
Chuck Shotton: Remote Server Management with X-10.
Base64 Encoder/Decoder for Mac.
DaveNet: What a Weekend!
Dr HTML is in.
Sun, Apr 6, 1997
Important stuff: Mail Starting 4/6/97.Microsoft/Pointcast: Channel Definition Format spec.
NY Times version of the AP report. (Password required)
ZDNet: WebTV To Bring Java To Internet Appliances.
DaveNet: Microsoft to Acquire WebTV.
Sat, Apr 5, 1997
JavaScript Tip of the Week.Andrew Himes: Biscuits & Blues & Java Bombast.
DaveNet: Bill Gates on Java.
DaveNet: Hail This!
Another news.com report says that Netscape is lowering some of the security barriers in Communicator.
News.com reports on an outrageous onstage stunt by Sun's McNealy.
HotWired interview with Scott McNealy. (Requires RealAudio.)
Fri, Apr 4, 1997
News.com: Gates says Java no Holy Grail.Steve Wozniak on Mail Starting 4/4/97.
AnchorDesk: What's wrong with Push?
While you're there, check out the "Email this story to a friend" button. What a good idea! If someone would build a CGI in Frontier that does this, I'd offer the same service to DaveNet readers, with credit, of course. Make it connect directly to AIMS, if possible. Interface thru a Frontier macro. DW
DaveNet: Hail Mary!
Thu, Apr 3, 1997
MacWEEK has an excellent story on the Saudi prince who's now Apple's largest shareholder, and his friendship with Larry Ellison.ContentServer 1.0, a powerful new way to manage large dynamic sites with lots of authors.
The Fusion Philosophy Debate continues.
Apple Technote 1095: Object Support Library Version History.
NY Times: Apple Is Said to Be Seeking Friendly Deal. (Password required)
Webintosh reviews Fat Web Pages.
DaveNet: Owning English.
Wed, Apr 2, 1997
Infoworld Special Report: Making sense of Java.Netscape, Sun, IBM: Java Foundation Classes.
DaveNet: Toolboxes.
Fat Pages FAQ.
Tue, Apr 1, 1997
Linkbot, Big Brother.Barry Frankel says Web Ads are Intrusive and Wesley Felter replies.
Check this out. Amazing!
MacWEEK: Goodbye AppleLink. (A tear comes to my eye...)
Object database that stores Java applets.
Andy J Williams at Harvard is using Frontier for a class website.
Netscape Visual JavaScript: press release and backgrounder. A preview version for Windows will ship next week. US$495.
Tom Biddulph's new Java toy.
Lots of new stuff on Mail Starting 3/31/97.
Brian Ablaza: The Philosophy of Fusion (an important piece) and a fat page graphic.
DaveNet: Saving Software.
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