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Plus... If it doesn't work on my computer, I am going to assume that I have members who will also be pissed off by the restriction.
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Point well taken Goth.
The technology relies on being able to inject password credentials into the message stream underneath the browser, without the user being able to see the password etc. This is the only way we can achieve the one-click secure purchase that other micropayment systems lack - and we've patented it. It means that at your end, the server needs no special software.
Microsoft publish the details of their protocol handlers and allow developers to build extensions to the web browser - extensions like the Google toolbar and so on. As a developer, trying to get the same quality of information or support from Netscape is like drawing teeth.
To my mind Microsoft is doing more towards the "open source" concept with its browser than Netscape.
If Netscape want to contact us and provide us with the support we've asked for, we'll consider the economics of developing a Netscape version. It might be very easy, we just don't know because they won't tell us.
There are alternative micropayment systems available that don't need a toolbar on the web brower, so they work with any browser. Most need you to have a dedicated server so you can install their software - which you have to pay for. They can only go down to 50 cents in most cases. And when the user clicks a picture (say), he is taken off to an HTML form to fill in his email and PIN number! Try using that on an adult site to get spontaneous per-click spending.
So Goth, I understand your feeling about the future of the internet and how much Microsoft is taking over, but if its a choice between rescuing the internet and making money from horny surfers, well, you decide.
Best Regards anyway,
Danny