On Sun, 11 Nov 2001 13:53:47 -0600, Glenn Gilbreath, Jr. wrote:
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> 1. SSL---secure socket layer...HTTPS...
> This is a MUST if Arachne is going to survive
> 2. JavaScript---JS----too many web sites are
> using JS for things that used to be done with
> CGI, PERL, etc.
> 3. Multiple Documents, resizable---this has been
> needed for a long time.
> I'm sure there are other items, but these are the 3 most important IMNSHO. How
> many of us try to browse to a web site, say one of the free web-based email
> offereings, only to find you need JS or HTTPS, along with multiple document
> "panes" (hehe) to login? I use several, and so I am forced to then fire up some
> version of Windows and a WinBrowser just to read email. Anyway, you get my
> point.
> Sorry about the long nature, but I've been quiet WAY TOO LONG! We can love
> Arachne, and use it daily, and I do...but, when we are confronted with the
> possible shortcomings in her, we should not skewer the messenger!
> C U L8R!
> Wiz <{;-)
> --
> Wizard57M
> Glenn Gilbreath Jr.
> http://msnhomepages.talkcity.com/RightWay/wizard57m/index.html
I urged for points 1 and 2 several times on the list... for serious web
browsing I need to switch to some win-browser too.
Greetings, Bastiaan
-- Arachne V1.61, NON-COMMERCIAL copy, http://arachne.cz/
...Hehe
