Browsers: Issues
Institutional Issues
- Platform issues (PC, Mac, Unix) and Windows (Win 3.x, 95 and NT)
- Importance of Network Computers (NC)
- Security - are Java and ActiveX permitted?
- Policies on "push" technologies
Architectural Issues
- Browser architecture may change with modular browsers, open browser APIs
- Browser may become part of the (MS Windows) desktop
- Java support for 486 PCs