Re: IIGS specific graphics web browser for IIGS specific web sites!

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jaunt5ft@apk.net (Brian Gillespie) wrote:

>skibumoh@aol.com (SkibumOh) wrote:
>
>> Why not just surf on the PC or MAC???
>> -Michael Lis
>> Newbie GS'er
>
>What I was suggesting was several PC's acting as "go betweens" to relay
>all requests for web pages and images. They would pass through the
>text of the page unchanged, but convert the jpegs and gifs to apple format
>before relaying them to the IIGS user. This way, thousands of IIgs users 
>could see real web page images, fast, with only their IIGS.

That is a good idea, but I still feel that we should start out simple.

Since we know that there are "designed for SIS" pages that are
to be viewed by SIS already, it follows that the people hosting
those pages could simply "graphicatize" them by adding APF
or SHR format IIGS graphics.  Then the IIGS can just download
the images and display them...fully within the capabilities of the
unit.

This is because the graphics are 32k or less in size and take
no time to convert, unlike jpegs and gifs.

Normally, these web pages will not be viewable on a PC or
Mac (broken graphic icon), but plug-ins can be programmed to
view IIGS graphics with Netscape and Internet Explorer.

Web browsers can be the communicating medium between the
IIGS and the rest of the computing world.

Even though the IIGS graphics lack the color depth and
resolution of jpegs and gifs, the resulting web pages can
still be quite good.  Like viewing an internet based HyperCard
or HyperStudio stack.

Once this step is reached, then the "relay" option for other
web pages can be looking into.