RE: [MACCAWS] browsers? No, user agents.

True, you both have a point, especially about Kleenex. (and Xerox too
I guess.)

Tom
--- Robert Goodyear <[email protected]> wrote:
> --- Ryan Christensen <[email protected]> wrote:
> > >... More importantly, will anyone
> > > understand WTF
> > > we're talking
> > > about if we use 'user agent'?
> > 
> > I see the point here.. really, it's not like the
> > term "browser" is limited
> > to the desktop computer.. and if I did surf the web
> > on my palm, I know I
> > would call the application through which I did that
> > a "user agent".
> 
> Let's not forget the generalized use of terminology
> (think: Kleenex.) There's not a cellular phone company
> on the planet that sells a value proposition of
> "Wireless User Agent" but rather: "Wireless Web" or
> "Web Browser"
> 
> /rg
> 
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