Re: WWW browser for gs.os??????

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <5k30cp$9ej@sf18.dseg.ti.com>,
David de Sosa <dmds@msg.ti.com> wrote:
>After reading all the prior dialog on this subject as well as the FAQ, I can't
>tell if this new SIS software allows viewing of all the fancy graphics that
>one can see while browsing in Netscape or is it just another LYNX (text only)
>with some additional features such as highlighting html pointers, reloading

   The screen shots show that SIS is running in the GS's 640x200 16
color mode. Fancy graphics like Netscrape in that mode? Doubtful,
unless you like rather dithered graphics at lower resolution. Your
best bet for picture viewing on the GS is to download them and use
a dedicated viewing app like Convert3200 to view them later.

   The web is best used for getting text information around. A picture
almost always counts for more bandwidth than a thousand words, but is
only worth a thousand words. Thus, it's more economical to do stuff in
text. I have picture downloading off by default at home and at work
(and we do have a fast ethernet connect at work, so downloading isn't
that much of a wait), and I don't think I'm missing much.

Nathan Mates

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