At 5:10 AM -0700 1/16/97, Pete Koolish wrote:
> Todd,
> I would be most interested in some clarification of your statement that
> "execute menu item" is not available in a Web Browser. This IS designed
>to
> work inside of a browser, and I just tried a test a few minutes ago to
> confirm this. What command where you trying to execute? Also, what
> browswer where you using?

I'm very happy to discover that my claim was overstated. Most "execute menu
item" functions do in fact work in the browser (Netscape 3, Mac). The only
two items I had previously tried do not work, so I made a hasty conclusion
that none of them would. Two that don't: exit/enter full screen mode, and
show/hide toolbar. In both attempts I was trying to steal a little more
screen space for the document from the fat Russian doll of nested OS,
browser, and Acrobat interfaces.

I cc the list with apologies for my error, and pleased to confirm that a
non-printing, forms-based navigation device can be incorporated easily into
all of a document's pages, so it can safely be served to open without the
toolbar or window controls showing.


Todd Fahrner
mailto:fahrner@pobox.com
http://www.verso.com