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- From: Simon Dainty <izzy@ancient.demon.co.uk>
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- Subject: Re: New WWW Browsers
- Date: Sun, 17 Mar 96 21:10:10 GMT
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- Some time around Wed, 13 Mar 96, Michael did scribble thus:
-
- > First of all, yes, IBrowse is still in Beta form. You need to realize
- > though that the Omnipresence web page where you can get it also states
- > that the Beta version should be run from a small partition (can be
- > validated quickly) or directly from RAM.
-
- Which is exactly what I already do.
-
- > Sure it crashes, not all that often on my system, but it
- > doesn't screw up anything at all on my hard drive in any case.
-
- Text-only pages and it's a dream to use - I can't fault it.
-
- > Bitching and moaning about a product that isn't even finished yet
- > is very pointless. Get off their backs and let them do a good job.
-
- "Bitching and moaning." Oh sorry, I was under the impression that I
- was but pointing out a major flaw; freeing memory that's already free
- is a *fundimental* problem, and not something that is simply overlooked.
- After all, you are presented with a recoverable alert. Not an easy thing
- to miss.
-
- > Then get the finished product and be the judge.
-
- Oh, excuse me for putting forward my observations and opinions.
-
- > BTW, I also use AMosaic 2.0 pre 3 from time to time, and it's much
- > more stable now using it with MUI v3.3!
-
- Ditto and ditto. Doesn't touch IBrowse though.
-
- SYL,
-
- Izzy.
-
- --
-
- "These IF statements really do make a difference Mr Gates!" proclaimed
- the Microsoft programmer [who dared optimize his code] in an excited,
- almost child-like, display of vocal dexterity.
-
- --
-