Re: The first graphical Web browser for the Apple IIgs??????

[spec@vax2.concordia.ca (Mitchell Spector)]

In article nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates) writes...

>In article <6eudco$3lf@nccn3.nccn.net>, Anonymous  <x.y@tennis.net> wrote:
>>47. The first graphical Web browser for the Apple IIgs
>>Browse the WWW from your Apple IIgs. February 15, 1996. 
> 
>   Clue: it's not out, and seems to be perpetually delayed. 

    Out of curiousity, is Derek still planning to finish it up and
release it? Originally he planned to have it a commercial product,
and a unique one at that since no one else had plans for a TCP/IP 
stack (and especially not a freeware one).

>From what I heard, it only did multiple windows of info, no pictures. 
>If you're viewing the web for *content*, then text-only browsers are 
>more than sufficient. Unfortunately, some people seem to have become 
>brainwashed that all the pretty pictures are required, when they're 
>certainly not.

    I tend to have the same feelings about unneccesary fluff (fancy
backdrops, borders, those annoying animated ads, etc) but these days
a lot of pages are text-browser unfriendly. Some even flat out refuse 
to continue if your not running Netscape or Explorer. That kind of
leaves Apple II users stuck at the moment (sometimes you have to wade
through fluff to get to the text content, unfortunately).

Mitchell Spector
spec@vax2.concordia.ca