Date: Mon, 1 May 1995 22:55:26 -0700 (PDT)
To: Jeremy Allaire
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Jeremy, did you really think they would assist in creating their
own competition?
joeshea@netcom.com
On Mon, 1 May 1995, Jeremy Allaire wrote:
> For those that care, AOL is on the verge of literally setting the Web
> publishing community back substantially. Their browser for Windows
> (and soon thereafter Mac) is a terrible product. Not only have they
> ignored and failed to implement substantial and important features,
> but they have simply failed to even implement common HTML 2.0
> standards well.
>
> While I give them credit for bringing their members online, they certainly
> did not think with content-publishers in mind when doing so.
>
> AOL's browser is a travesty, and should create an uproar by Web
> developers over their lack of adoption of even the most minimal of
> standards and functionality.
>
> Jeremy Allaire
>
>
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