See below ... Regards, Joe. ____ | From: Morten Bo Johansen | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Cc: | Sent: 25 July, 2000 08:54 PM | Subject: Re: Arachne user base [was bug in | ppp_init.htm] | | | da Silva, Joe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: | | | > Arachne, which IMHO is *much* better than the | alternative DOS | > browsers (well, certainly those you can actually | *get*). | | | What is the status of the other graphical Dos | browsers, btw.? | | I remember something called "Spin" (or something like | that) | which sucked big time. It was a Dutch browser. Then | there is | Caldera Webspyder and IBM's Dos browser (forget the | name). Are | all those still being worked on? There are a few browsers that I can't recall at the moment. However, the following I have tried : 1. DR-Webspyder (Caldera/Lineo) No longer available except *maybe* for OEM's. Linux version is available for OEM's - called "Embrowser". I tried two versions (not sure how many there were). V2.00a : + Good HTML rendering (better than Arachne 1.50src) + Good performance (no ignored data packets from ISP) + Good stability (better than previous Arachne versions) - No Javascript - No printer support - Sensitive to other TSR's, etc. V2.1b2 : - Dialer & PPP didn't work for me (used V2.1b1, OK) + Good HTML rendering, performance + Printer support + Javascript support - Sensitive to other TSR's, required DPMI - Very unstable 2. Webboy (IBM Japan) This *is* available in Japan, as far as I can tell (I can't read Japanese ;-). Version 3 *was* available in English and Portuguese (perhaps other languages also), but perhaps no longer ... The main difference between versions 3 & 4 is Javascript support, as far as I can tell. Unfortunately, the "demo" versions appear to limit you to 15 minute sessions *and* are off-line (not on-line) only. This means the "demo" versions are no fun! However, Webboy seems to be a feature-rich browser and, according to people that have tried the *real* thing, is very good. 3. Nettamer (sp?, can't recall the author) A number of people are great fans of this semi-graphical (?) browser. It is extremely fast and stable (so they tell me ;-). For me however, this browser was "hate at first sight", so I have never _really_ used it. | Anyway, for a graphical browser on Dos there is not | much | competetion to Arachne, probably - but there is still | the Dos | port of Lynx (I'm using the Doug Kaufman version | occasionally) | which is quite useful if you can spare the graphics. Yes, DOSLYNX is interesting - it's only "alpha/beware", but despite this, is remarkably stable. Some day I might try BOBCAT as well ... but I much prefer a graphical browser. ;-) | Regards, | | Morten | | | -- | "It usually takes me more than three weeks to prepare | a good impromptu | | speech." | (Mark Twain)
