Comments on: Our bad http://www.chrisfinke.com/2007/01/14/our-bad/ Christopher Finke is a software engineer who builds high-traffic websites (like AOL Shopping and Mahalo.com) and develops browser add-ons (like ScribeFire, TwitterBar, FireFound, and Tapsure) to enhance the Web. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:27:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Christopher Finke http://www.chrisfinke.com/2007/01/14/our-bad/#comment-6834 Christopher Finke Mon, 15 Jan 2007 01:16:36 +0000 http://www.chrisfinke.com/2007/01/14/our-bad/#comment-6834 Alex: I actually did know that but had forgotten. I'm constantly amazed at what tech originally came out of Netscape. I would have no problem with getting any and all Netscape-hosted specs and DTDs available again; I'll forward your requests on to <a href="http://www.netscape.com/member/tdrapeau" rel="nofollow">Tom Drapeau</a> (the lead developer for Netscape.com), as I'll be knee-deep in browser development for the foreseeable future. Alex: I actually did know that but had forgotten. I’m constantly amazed at what tech originally came out of Netscape.

I would have no problem with getting any and all Netscape-hosted specs and DTDs available again; I’ll forward your requests on to Tom Drapeau (the lead developer for Netscape.com), as I’ll be knee-deep in browser development for the foreseeable future.

]]> By: Alex Bishop http://www.chrisfinke.com/2007/01/14/our-bad/#comment-6833 Alex Bishop Mon, 15 Jan 2007 00:25:21 +0000 http://www.chrisfinke.com/2007/01/14/our-bad/#comment-6833 "Why an RSS DTD file was being hosted under the my.netscape.com subdomain is anybody’s guess…" My guess is that it was because RSS was originally developed by Netscape for My Netscape. But I'm sure you already knew that. The RSS 0.91 spec was also put on my.netscape.com. That seems to have gone missing as well. (The older RSS 0.9 spec was removed in 2001.) Will the RSS 0.9 DTD (formerly at http://my.netscape.com/publish/formats/rss-0.9.dtd) be coming back? “Why an RSS DTD file was being hosted under the my.netscape.com subdomain is anybody’s guess…”

My guess is that it was because RSS was originally developed by Netscape for My Netscape. But I’m sure you already knew that.

The RSS 0.91 spec was also put on my.netscape.com. That seems to have gone missing as well. (The older RSS 0.9 spec was removed in 2001.)

Will the RSS 0.9 DTD (formerly at http://my.netscape.com/publish/formats/rss-0.9.dtd) be coming back?

]]> By: Christopher Finke http://www.chrisfinke.com/2007/01/14/our-bad/#comment-6826 Christopher Finke Sun, 14 Jan 2007 19:40:04 +0000 http://www.chrisfinke.com/2007/01/14/our-bad/#comment-6826 Jason: http://www.netscape.com/about lists all of the Netscape.com employees. Jason: http://www.netscape.com/about lists all of the Netscape.com employees.

]]> By: Jason Schramm http://www.chrisfinke.com/2007/01/14/our-bad/#comment-6825 Jason Schramm Sun, 14 Jan 2007 18:58:31 +0000 http://www.chrisfinke.com/2007/01/14/our-bad/#comment-6825 And how would they have found a Netscape member? I didn't notice the problem, but it's not like I have a contact list of Netscape employees. And how would they have found a Netscape member? I didn’t notice the problem, but it’s not like I have a contact list of Netscape employees.

]]> By: Christopher Finke http://www.chrisfinke.com/2007/01/14/our-bad/#comment-6824 Christopher Finke Sun, 14 Jan 2007 17:19:45 +0000 http://www.chrisfinke.com/2007/01/14/our-bad/#comment-6824 I understand the desire to publicize the information, but for anyone who wanted the bug actually fixed, it would have been far more productive to contact a member of the Netscape team. No big deal though; there's no such thing as bad publicity, right? Right? I understand the desire to publicize the information, but for anyone who wanted the bug actually fixed, it would have been far more productive to contact a member of the Netscape team.

No big deal though; there’s no such thing as bad publicity, right? Right?

]]> By: dmb http://www.chrisfinke.com/2007/01/14/our-bad/#comment-6823 dmb Sun, 14 Jan 2007 17:14:23 +0000 http://www.chrisfinke.com/2007/01/14/our-bad/#comment-6823 Well, that seems to be how the internet is now working, unfortunately. Whether it be a security bug in a product, or a broken link to a DTD. People tend to dislike large companies, and instead of using there bug reporting fascilities, they like to post it in a very public area such as slashdot. There is nothing the company or slashdot can do about this, because this is how people are. You will notice the same thing happens to IE bugs, and even Firefox bugs. Well, that seems to be how the internet is now working, unfortunately. Whether it be a security bug in a product, or a broken link to a DTD. People tend to dislike large companies, and instead of using there bug reporting fascilities, they like to post it in a very public area such as slashdot. There is nothing the company or slashdot can do about this, because this is how people are. You will notice the same thing happens to IE bugs, and even Firefox bugs.

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