It isn't Firefox and so there isn't a filtering plugin for it that will
block certain web sites.  It is very low resolution by today's standards
and php web pages aren't likely to work correctly with it.  I've had
problems downloading from ftp sites with Arachne with the download
being corrupted.  I don't like it when Arachne downloads to the cache
folder instead of the download folder to a file with a random name.
If Arachne had an option to password protect any attempt to access
sites that aren't local to the machine it is running on, that would
be somewhat of an improvement.

I really want to be able to run Firefox from Freedos running natively.
One option is to add a light distribution of Linux that runs on top
of Freedos with a light version of X and Firefox.  Another option is
to add an X client for Freedos.  A third option is to port Firefox so
that it will work with a Freedos compatible gui such as opengem or 
something else.  I guess a fourth option is to see about porting
WINE to Freedos, but that would be a major undertaking.

Arachne is not a great substitute for Firefox, but it's good enough
without any filtering options that it could pose a problem on a
networked system if filtering is needed.


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