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- From: hoggy@corenet.net (Brian)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: AWeb (dislikes and what should be fixed ;)
- Date: 8 Apr 1996 03:58:09 GMT
- Organization: MY place
- Distribution: inet
- Message-ID: <4ka2sh$ejp@homer.alpha.net>
- References: <19960331.E18D688.15506@hydra.zrz.tu-berlin.de> <jdjpw9qr45t.fsf@hyppynaru.cs.hut.fi>
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-
- on 02 Apr 1996 19:17:50 +0300, Osma Ahvenlampi (oahvenla@hyppynaru.cs.hut.fi) wrote:
- : In article <19960331.E18D688.15506@hydra.zrz.tu-berlin.de> starecjc@hydra.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE (Flexy) writes:
- : >Why shouldnt a webbrowser like ibrowse or aweb not implement such
- : >protocols (gopher://, ftp://, news:// etc.) also ?
- :
- : When it makes sense to build them in, build them in. When it makes
- : more sense to use some other application, designed for that task, use
- : the other application. For example, I am quite happy using Voodoo for
- : mail (I should be, since I wrote it, after all). I wouldn't be happy
- : to use programs that wanted to do mail outside Voodoo, since I want it
- : all in one place, and have Voodoo saving copies of sent messages. So,
- : mail support in other programs would be bloat to me. Quite similarly,
-
-
- For most web sites, it would be nice if the browser could handle the
- 'mail-to' tags automatically.
-
-
- : I have good tools for FTP and news (although for news the tool isn't
- : on the Amiga), and I don't want to change them. Support for these in
-
-
- I also like to use a separate ftp program once and while for when I want
- to 'rape' a site. But it would be nice for Aweb to have built-in ftp
- support for those sites that only have a couple of ftp links in them.
-
- For news, I use Tin with no problems. What machine/program are you
- using?
-
-
- : other programs would be useless waste of memory and development time.
- :
-
- --
- Both Voodoo and Aweb are GREAT programs, but they DEFINITELY need fine
- tuning in the interface department.
-
- I am currently suffering from Carpal Tunnel Syndrome(CTS), and I'm sure
- that I'm not the only one! WHY IN THE HELL IS IT SO HARD TO MAKE A
- PROGRAM SO THAT IT IS *****BOTH***** MOUSE *AND* KEYBOARD FRIENDLY!!!!
- !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
-
-
- As for voodoo, why not not use the left and right cursor keys for moving
- up and down the message list?
- As for Aweb, why not use the left and right cursor keys to go back and
- forward from web pages?
-
- BETTER YET... MAKE THEM USER DEFINEABLE!!!!! And PLEASE, don't suggest
- that they use MUI, as it slows down MY enitre sytem.. Maybe MUI works
- fine on some systems, but on mine, it slows the entire sytem down.
-
-
-
- Anyhow, I a glad that I don't have to use an IBM. I've been using my
- dad's IBM more often recently, and it's AGONIZING to use with CTS.
- Just trying to keep the mouse inside the slidebars is MURDER, let
- alone being without Powersnap, and requesters not remembering shit,
- and in order to rename a file with 'file manager', ya need to type
- the whole damn thing in again even with a 1 or 2 letter change... It's
- almost a GOOD thing that the clones have an 8 character filename limit.:)
-
-
- --
-
- AMIGA 4000/040/18M--1.5G + 150M Bernoulli + SOON to be JAZZ drive(disks are *MUCH* cheaper!! :-)))
- (DKB4091 SCSI-II controller)
- ONLINE with a Pratical Peripherals 'PC288LCD', and a dedicated 'no frills' phone line.
- Using registered AmiTCP 4.2 and reg. PPP1.44beta.
-
- "I don't wanna go to work, I don't wanna go to school, I don't wanna eat, sleep, or think. All I
- wanna do is surf ----- DA NET!!"
-