On Thu, 24 May 2001 03:00:08 -0400 (EDT), Thomas Mueller wrote:
> Horizontal and vertical scrolling with Arachne have been slow and clumsy all
> along; first Arachne I used was 1.47. Horizontal scrolling is a nuisance with
> probably any browser.
I guess beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Or maybe on which of
the scrolling options you have enabled. (There are several) Try
them all and see which one works the best for you. I have "virtual
screens" turned off and smooth scrolling is not enabled.Works for me.
> How do you make Arachne download without attempting to display? I think there
> is a way to download in background, then go fishing in the cache, only sometimes
> the fish gets away, at least it did from me once, when I never could find the
> 2 MB download.
> <<
> Interestingly, Thomas's posts have often used a line length requiring
> horizontal scrolling on a 640x480.
> Regards,
> Jake
> I don't need horizontal scrolling on my own messages, I usually am on a screen
> 80 characters wide, and I try to keep lines within 80 characters, except when
> there is something that is better not broken, such as a long URL.
> But I have been able to view much longer lines in Arachne without horizontal
> scrolling, since Arachne word-wraps email messages.
> from Steven of NZ:
>> What about a mini-Linux running from floppy?
> When I boot the installation diskettes, Slackware 7.1 or Debian, boot hangs at
> "loop: registered device at major 7". I don't know if that's due to faulty
> floppy drive interface, or a bug in the Linux kernel possibly related to
> Trantor T130B SCSI support. Trying LOADLIN might help answer that question.
> DR-DOS boot from drive A is slower than it used to be.
>> Don't forget Galeon (a slim version of Konqueror) and Opera
>> (available in free and non-free versions).
> There is also Emacs W3, though I don't know if that is being developed any
> further. Arena seems to have fallen into desuetude. Where might I find Galeon?
Sam Ewalt
Croswell, Michigan, USA
-- Arachne V1.70;rev.3, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
