Re: Browser Resident/Javascript SOAP, XSLT and SVG for Public Web sites? Soon?

Siegfried Heintze wrote:

> As per the documentation, I downloaded a nightly build of Mozilla before
> mucking with XSLT. Last I checked (quite some time ago), I had to really
> hunt for a version of Mozilla that included SVG.

Which documentation says you need a nightly build to do XSLT? Maybe you 
run into some outdated documentation but there has been XSLT support in 
normal Mozilla releases for quite a long time, I think even since 1.0. 
The documented scripting API for XSLT has been added in 1.2 I think. It 
is not that there haven't been any improvements and bug fixes in XSLT 
support since 1.0 but Mozilla 1.7 releases for instance like Netscape 
7.2, Firefox 1.0, or Mozilla Suite 1.7.5 can certainly be used without 
problems, no need for nightly builds or to expect your users to need to 
download a special build.

SVG is different, see the project page
   <http://www.mozilla.org/projects/svg/>
about the project, its status, builds. As for expecting SVG enabled 
Mozilla releases/milestones see
   <http://www.mozilla.org/projects/svg/faq.html#when>

> When will the general public be downloading versions of Netscape Navigator
> and FireFox with XSLT and SVG and SOAP and make these technoligies feasible
> for public web sites?

You have asked earlier about SOAP and I have pointed you to resources 
explaining which (already released and used) Netscape versions support 
the different SOAP/web service APIs so I don't understand why your 
questions seems to indicate SOAP support is not there in the browsers 
like Netscape 7 or Firefox 1.0. It is there, no need for anyone to 
download special builds, the released browsers have support for:

XMLHttpRequest (since Mozilla 1.0 (well even earlier but I can't tell 
the exact 0.xy release) so it is there in Netscape 7.x, Firefox, Mozilla 
Suite)

SOAP low level API (since Mozilla 1.0 so it is there in Netscape 7.x, 
Firefox, Mozilla Suite)

Web Service Proxy API (since Mozilla 1.4 so it is there in Netscape 7.1 
and later, Firefox, Mozilla Suite 1.4 and later)

See also the roadmap
   <http://www.mozilla.org/projects/webservices/#roadmap>

Only SVG is certainly not something you can rely on a public web site 
without providing alternatives, but the other XML technologies as far as 
Mozilla/Netscape browser users are your concern can certainly be used 
(with exact version as outlined above and documented kept in mind).


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