21 Nov
2001
21 Nov
'01
6:40 a.m.
Well, both Netscape and Internet Explorer were based on the already quite
complete work done on NCSA MOSAIC, which I used under Win3.1x for a time, along
with NetCruiser, which was Netcom's offering for that purpose. Both of them
looked quite adequate at the time, but the web content has "evolved"
considerably. Both Netscape and Internet Explorer attempted to use what MOSAIC
did already, plus they added mail capability to it, which made little sense at
the time, to me at least. Email handlers were everywhere, but graphic web
browsers were not so plentiful.
Doing email through a shell account was pretty painful, with the slow serial
link handlers that UNIX shell accounts offered. The Windows-based email
handlers embedded in Internet Explorer, Netscape, etc, or Eudora, which was
separate, were all MUCH easier and quicker to deal with.
I've watched both Netscape and IE wander back and forth between higher and lower
levels of integration but haven't seen much improvement. Of course, it not hard
to confuse change with progress.
Dick
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stan Barr" <stanb(a)dial.pipex.com>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 1:37 AM
Subject: Re: OT: paging MAC expert(s) --- What's a Performa?
Hi,
Douglas Quebbeman <dhquebbeman(a)theestopinalgroup.com> said:
Ve-e-e-ry Interesting!
Yeah, I keep Cyberdog around if only to show people that web browsing
doesn't *have* to look like Exploder/Nutscrape ;-)
--
Cheers,
Stan Barr stanb(a)dial.pipex.com
The future was never like this!
It works
pretty much the same as Netscape, just looks a bit different,
(especially if you install alternave buttons etc.) - nothing you can't
easily understand from a litle Netscape experience.
Now Cyberdog - that *was* different ;-)
And still is. I've got it running on the WGS8150/80 sitting
behind me. But Cyberdog could well rise again, under Windows...