Dreamcast/WebTv query
Hi - first post here
Ok i know that dreamcast/webtv use television so the resolution is 640x480 and i am creating a seperate site for that res, but can Dreamcasts and WebTv run cgi scripts properly? about 25-30% of my visitors are using 640res at the moment and i know the average site gets about half that percentage so i am assuming it is because of dc/webtv (the site is based around videogames).
Also, is there anything different about the way each of these systems' browser reads? For instance do they use a modified IE or what? I know absolutely nothing about the browsers of these (ill look into the browser now).
orlando_5 posted this at 03:24 — 23rd January 2000.
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cgi is server side scripting. The server handle the script not the browser. Your cgi scipt should work with Dreamcasts and WebTV.
Both Dreamcasts and WebTv act differently then IE and NS. I do not have webtv but dreamcasts will not work with flash and the latest greatest htm/css/etc codes.
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Anonymous posted this at 20:23 — 23rd January 2000.
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I don’t know much about Dreamcast however I have done quit a bit of testing and some research on Web TV.
Over the summer I had a small company based in Vermont that had 60+ agents based throughout the United States and the UK. They basically wanted an intranet site with bulletin boards, billing forms, etc. It was pretty simple except for the fact that 80% of their team was using Web TV.
Web TV has actually put together a pretty good developer site. http://developer.webtv.com They also have a downloadable viewer that simulates Web TV. It’s actually interesting to test all with it. http://developer.webtv.net/design/tools/viewer/
Web TV handles forms fine, so any kind of server side application works okay. It’s really client side programs that are limited. Web TV supports JavaScript, but in a very limited way. Microsoft’s developer web site also has some good information on Web TV.
Good luck..
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