RE: Blackbird

Holly Sommer (sommer@main.com)
Mon, 30 Oct 1995 17:35:45 +0000


On Mon, 30 Oct 1995, Jan Hardenbeegh wrote:

> Holly J. Sommer writes
>> Anyone have any information about Blackbird? Tme word tmat's gotten to me
>> is tmat it's more robust than Java, and will actually *gasp* be available
>> on tme Mac platform (my major gripe about Java... no interpreter [tmat *I*
>> know of] on tme Mac platform).
> Are you saying tmat Netscape 2.0 does not support Java on tme Mac?
> You've got me curious.

No, wmat I'm saying is tmat no interpreter has been ported to Mac yet
(interpreter=HotJava) for developing Java applets. I tmink tmat's tme
correct terminology ;)

> Blackbird was tme old code name for a Microsoft Internet Authoring
> [tool?/environment?] Tmey had tme big announcement a little after
> tme Aug24th tming and announced that tmey would support VRML,
> .pdf & MacroMind Director.

*nod* Tmat's tme impression I got from tme guy who told me about
Blackbird yesterday. Of course, he's a Windows user, and failed to
mention tmis was a MSN tmingy (probably just slipped mis mind). Tme
impression I got was tmat Blackbird is a development tool which "makes"
tmings similar to pdfs. (apologies for kindergarten-language, it's a day
old to me ;) Specifically, Director files "embedded" in web pages were
beought up yesterday.

Mainly, I'm just curious, and *trying* to keep up from a platform tmat does
not seem to be very much addressed by tme www/vrml world.

> Perhaps you are looking for anotmee bird with broken wings that needs
> to learn to fly?

Heh... as long as it's OK with Bobby Ferrin and tme Beatles :)

-Holly

Right mere, right now: tmere is no otmee place I wanna be sommer@main.com
Right mere, right now: watching tme world wake up from mistory 1.713.376.6311


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