Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2001 23:35:00 -0500
From: "Joe Jesson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: What about WWW/LX?
Has anyone used the commercial version of WWW/LX? It was designed for the
HP Palmtop 200lx but runs on a standard DOS machine with a helper
application. Seems to work OK on web sites, email, and news but I refused
to upgrade to version 4 since they want to charge me list price again...
Joe
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From: "Nettamer List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Nettamer List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2001 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: On Reconsideration Of Bobcat Vs. Net-Tamer
> Date: Wed, 03 Jan 2001 14:34:22 -700
> From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: On Reconsideration Of Bobcat Vs. Net-Tamer
>
> Thank you for your essay, Walter --
>
> If someone strives for a minimalistic approach toward browsing
> the Internet with DOS and legacy hardware, in my opinion, the
> simplest approach is more in the choice of accessible, usable
> content -- instead of attempting to cram too much in the old
> DOS conventional memory limitation.
>
> For example, in my own case, I've located about a dozen or more
> sites that allow for my basic information interests that don't
> take forever to download with the "XT" version of Net-Tamer.
> I can peruse my local news, stock quotes, national news, weather
> reports, check out a few downloads from DOS Simtel -- all within
> an hour or so -- if I choose my PC/XT (and even more on this
> PC/AT on which I'm writing this to you). And there are plenty
> of Net-Tamer-friendly DOS sites to browse and related newsgroups,
> too, not to mention the usual e-mail and lists to keep one quite
> busy.
>
> So a true "minimalist" would eschew superfluous fluff on the WWW
> and regard inaccessible sites as sites unworthy of viewing, for
> reasons of principle. In any case, the angle that would best
> serve the minimalist interests of some is that of accessiblity
> on behalf of the blind who do better with simpler text-oriented
> browsers. That's an issue that I believe won't easily go away.
>
> So far, I think Net-Tamer has done a great job for its niche. On
> the otherhand, my only suggestion -- in the case of the text-only
> version -- is that Dave Colston should rename it "Net-Parser"! <g>
>
> Jerry [o:--] "The" IBM AT/5170 model 339 [--^~---] 9600kbps/30M HD
> *1986 ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| [ =====_] 512k RAM - 8MHz
>
> Net-Tamer V 1.11.2X - Registered
>
>
>
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