Ed Mullen wrote:
> Ronnie wrote on 4/10/2015 2:32 PM:
>> I was operating on the line that states the following about Lynx
>>
>> "Beta availability was announced to Usenet
>> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usenet> on 22 July 1992"
>>
>> So while yes 1/2 year ahead, a beta isn't really a 'release'
>> particularly when considering the following about Mosaic
>>
>> "Mosaic was developed at the in late 1992. NCSA released the browser in
>> 1993"
>>
>> A bit of a tomato, tomata situation I guess.
>>
>>
>> Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP] wrote:
>>> "Version 1.0 (NCSA Mosaic for X 2.0) was released on November 11,
>>> 1993"
>>>
>>> The 0.x Mosaic versions were alphas and betas. Lynx predates mosaic by
>>> 1/2 a year in terms of development and final stable release but for
>>> the sake of historical accuracy, Lynx still wins. There are some older
>>> ones (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_web_browser) but
>>> most recognize Lynx as being the grandaddy of what eventually morphed
>>> into the modern browser. Meaning, away from *strictly* Unixland to
>>> Windows (and is still around).
>>>
>>>> I meant as far as being a part of Netscape/Mozilla history/beginning.
>>>>
>>>> Even still at best it was a tie
>>>>
>>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosaic_%28web_browser%29
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP] wrote:
>>>>>> The very beginning was Mosiac ;-)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Béèm wrote:
>>>>>>> Ronnie wrote:
>>>>>>>> I understand where you coming from with that, however even on the
>>>>>>>> SeaMonkey website says, "Under the hood, SeaMonkey uses much of
>>>>>>>> the same
>>>>>>>> Mozilla source code which powers such successful siblings as
>>>>>>>> Firefox and
>>>>>>>> Thunderbird. "
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> It doesn't say, firefox uses seamonkey code to power its
>>>>>>>> browser. Sync
>>>>>>>> is another good example of this. "Starting with Firefox 29
>>>>>>>> (SeaMonkey
>>>>>>>> 2.26), it is not possible anymore to set up legacy Sync
>>>>>>>> accounts as
>>>>>>>> described below. The new Sync back-end, which uses Firefox
>>>>>>>> Accounts, is
>>>>>>>> not supported by SeaMonkey yet."
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> At one time your statement was true, now it's a bit of a moot
>>>>>>>> point that
>>>>>>>> isn't quite completely correct any longer.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> d4rkn1ght wrote:
>>>>>>>>> Ronnie wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> I picked it for just that reason for LXLE Linux. SeaMonkey
>>>>>>>>>> out of all
>>>>>>>>>> the firefox based browsers is the only one with real longevity.
>>>>>>>>>> About a
>>>>>>>>>> decade now, all other firefox based browsers have come and
>>>>>>>>>> gone or are
>>>>>>>>>> relatively new.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> ~Ronnie
>>>>>>>>> Firefox is SeaMonkey based not the other way around.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> In the beginning, there was Netscape. ;-)
>>>>>>>
>>>>> Sure about that? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynx_%28web_browser%29
>>>>>
>>>>> - Thee Chicago Wolf [MVP]
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>>
>
> Lord, will you guys PLEASE figure out if you're gonna top-post or
> bottom-post? The convention in these groups is to either inter-sperse
> or bottom-post. You're making me crazy.
>
My mistake, I'm used to the opposite, but the adjustment to stick with
the convention of the list will not be a problem.
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