Hi Tom:
On Tue, 13 Mar 2001 08:48:51 -0700, Thomas Tabler wrote:
> Dear Sam:
> Not knowing without the download, I can't say. I noticed they have
> a version for Linux, too available that will run with Red Hat. But what
> about undercutting Arachne?
I am not undercutting Arachne. I am promoting Opera as perhaps a much
better Windows browser than either Netscape or Internet Explorer. The
latest versions of the big browsers are just too full of megabloat and
they will slow down your computer to a crawl unless you have the most
recent supergrade model. Also if you don't like them they are hard to
uninstall. This is what I have read and this is what I have been told.
For these reasons I am afraid to to even think about trying out the latest
and biggest.
> Is our fair lady to go the route of some
> other types of DOS software no longer being developed? There may be
> some confusion between Opera as a company trying to promote it's
> browser, and the use of DOS period as a platform for a browser.
> One of the pages on Opera.com talks about a "browser war expanding".
> Is this opportunism on the part of Opera? Or are they openly expousing
> Webstandards.org. Look before you leap, Sam.
Opera would not be espousing Webstandards.org, otherwise the Opera
developers would have their browser identify itself to websites as being
the browser that it really is. When you access a website with Opera the
browser will show MSIE 5.0 as its fake ID.
I interpret Opera.com's talk about the browser war expanding as being just
a declaration that they too are throwing their hat into the ring in
hopes of becoming a major contender in the contest. If Opera.com had
anything against people who use DOS browsers then they too would be engaging
in the exclusivity of doing something to make their web pages inaccessible
to DOS browsers. Their web site is displayed just fine with Arachne and
also with the text browser Lynx386. I have never heard of any talk about
Opera giving any consideration to the idea of developing a graphical browser
for the DOS platform. They appear to have no intentions of competing
against Arachne for DOS. They just want to grab a good portion of the
market share for Windows and Linux and OS/2 browsers. Personally I prefer
much more Arachne's user interface over that of Opera. As far as Windows
browsers are concerned, I feel that Opera is much more user-friendly than
either Netscape or Internet Explorer. Where DOS browsers are concerned,
then Opera is a non-competitor. Opera is no threat whatsoever to the
continued development of Arachne for DOS. If Arachne could handle https
and JavaScript, then Arachne for DOS would soon emerge as a major contender
against all the Windows browsers. Surfing the net with a Windows browser is
scary, especially when I keep seeing my hard drive being accessed for reasons
that I cannot understand or explain. When running DOS programs I *never* see
my hard drive being accessed for reasons I don't understand. I *never* have
any reason to feel paranoid about using DOS, because DOS never does anything
to give me the feeling that it is out to get me. DOS always gives me the
the confidence of feeling that I am the person exercising control over the
computer. When it comes to communicating over the internet I want to
always use DOS and to avoid Windows as long as it is convenient to do so.
Regards,
Sam Heywood
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