Re: Net Tools

[stuckey@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Anthony J. Stuckey)]

joko@well.sf.ca.us (Joe Kohn) writes:


>I saw Mosaic the other day for the first time, and it completely knocked my
>socks off. That's a graphic based front end for WWW and apparently the
>source code is available. Would it be possible for someone to implement
>Mosaic for the Apple II?

	Extremely Unlikely.

>In the meanwhile, it seems as if we can use Lynx as a non-graphic based
>front end, but my arrow keys seem to act other than Lynx docs say they
>should act. I'm using ProTerm, but could switch. Has anyone found an Apple
>II telecomm program where arrow keys with Lynx work they way they are
>supposed to?

	I have only used Lynx once.  I don't recall if my arrow keys worked
right through kermit-65.

>The Mosaic I saw was connected to a "T-1" line that had a direct connect. I
>was just floored by what I saw. Huge graphic files spped through the net and
>were displayed in mind blowing photo-realistic manner, right from within
>Mosaic.

>With Mosaic, you could search the net by using your mouse. I want it.

>What would it take? Am I dreaming to think I could use Mosaic on a GS?

	Good graphics, although the GS's should probably suffice, and some form
of reliable ethernet card or slip software, with appropriate connections.
The source code for Mosaic is public, I beleive.

>Oh...about ProTerm's arrow keys in Lynx...I'm set for VT-100. Would another
>setting be better?

	No clue.

>It's kind of incredible that I've been using the net for probably 2 years,
>and seeing Mosaic, it was like I was seeing something different than I'd
>ever seen before. I was seeing the future. I haven't seen anything so that
>completely impressed me in a long long time...maybe never.

	Mosaic can do that.  Frankly, I see it as the cool next step that
Gopher started.  But then, my first reaction to seeing Gopher was "Why
wasn't something this cool done 20 years ago, when it should have been?"  I
am getting more and more bothered by how slowly computing in general is
realizing potential.

>I want Mosaic, and I want it now!

>Silly question...but...do people who access the net from school terminals
>get to use Mosaic?

	Been around it since first announcement.
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