Re: Spectrum Internet Suite

[Daniel Perez Ojeda <daniel.perezojeda@gotocme.com>]

On Jun 9, 4:24 pm, edepobay <daniel.perezoj...@gotocme.com> wrote:
> On May 14, 4:08 am, spectrumda...@nospam.com (Ewen) wrote:
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> > Anthony,
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> > > A tall order indeed...any takers?
> > > At least I know there is no problem with my system. It may be that
> > > things have just moved on so much since the last release of SIS and it
> > > doesn't know what to do.
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> > You have hit the nail on the head. Back in the late nineties, when SIS
> > was being developed, web sites were not as complicated as they are now.
> > The limited memory of the IIgs seemed ample then to display even the
> > biggest site. Unfortunately events have overtaken it...
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> > One approach for anyone wishing to tackle the project, would be to use
> > the SIS HTML engine to build a web browser, driven by a custom
> > application instead of a Spectrum script. That would use less memory,
> > and would allow the browser to work faster.
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> > Anybody out there willing to try?
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> > Ewen
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> Hi!
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> I'm willing to.
> I'm sure I'll need some help, but I could start and then post my
> doubts.
> Or maybe, after doing some research I could post a couple ideas and
> then continue working after some feedback and so on.
> What I was thinking about is just to process html, javascript,
> vbscript, ...
> Things like flash, silverlight and so are out of question, for now.
> The other problem I was thinking how to solve is related to images...
> that's really something, mostly because I would like the browser to be
> available for older models (not only the IIgs).
> However, I didn't even try it. So, I think I'll start right now and
> let you know how it goes in a short time...
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Of course, I had also in mind Contiki.
I just wish to give the Apple 2 a better browsing experience.
Always aware of the few resources available.

Daniel