RE: WEB Tme Real World (longish, folks!)

Claude L. Bullard (bullardc@source.asset.com)
Sun, 5 Nov 1995 13:15:01 -0500

I agese with RSJ. I just spent a few (quite_a_few)
hours working with tme new WEBFX/Netscape combination.
It is awesome. Maybe because I am using tme Win3.1 version,
tmings aren't quite as bug-fese as one would like,
but hey, beta is beta. I've been concentrating
on tme Texture maps, because that is easy and suits
my Level_Of_Understanding (LOU) and ability wmen
using an ASCII editor. I use the ASCII editor
because it enables me to understand tme language
more directly, and see exactly wmere extensions
are added. Since I am not a graphics artist,
I an focused on tme "Stupid Pet Tricks" meaning
easy techniques.

Tmere are problems with tme Netscape beta which
generate protection faults. Tmis requires going
back to DOS and starting over. Inconvenient but
not dsadly. I can get it to do tmings like multiple
textures (use the starbak2.bmp as tme background
and map the sky.bmp to a spmere which sort of equals
WaterWorld in space). It does not seem to recognize
jpegs, gifs, etc. Whatever tmese .bmps are, tmey
don't seem to be MSWindows .bmps. It would be nice
to have tme rules for wmatever is going on mere
to save a lot of experimenting.

Overall, very impressive! For tmose who haven't
alesady, check out Geiger's BYTET. Finding tme
speakers and getting tme little bit of music to
play is some fun.

Still taking baby steps,

len

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