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Re: Firefox GS

limtc wrote:
> I see. Then the next question will be - if not Firefox, then what is
> it that will make it better than Spectrum?
> 
> How about Lynx?

I would not expect any browser designed for 32-bit machines
and >1MB of memory to be portable to an Apple IIgs.

Modern software development methods are a very poor match for
resource-constrained environments.

Only software designed for a *very small* embedded environment
is even worth looking at--and such environments usually don't
support browsers.

> On 4锟斤拷28锟斤拷, 锟斤拷锟斤拷5时04锟斤拷, Sheppy <the.she...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>I think that Mobile Firefox could be ported to the GS, although it
>>would be a pretty large task, given that it's got C++ and assumes 32-
>>bit integers.
>>
>>Sheppy

-michael

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