Mail Archives: djgpp/1997/09/28/05:56:43
At 03.47 1997-09-28 +0200, you wrote:
>> I've got an idea for a new project the people of the mailing list. Why
>> doesn't somebody try to create a DOS web browser? I don't know enough
>
>Actually this might be an interesting challenge. Although it might be a
>waste of time in some way (there're plenty of users who do everything
>with Windows and don't even know what DOS is) it sounds - well,
>interesting! :) This browser probably wouldn't find as much users as the
>Windows-based ones, but there're surely some people who prefer *really*
>fast programs over sluggish Windows ones (IMHO compared to DOS every
>Windows program is slow). As far as I'm concerned, I know some people
>who might be interested in using such a program beside the Windows
>Browsers. If there're others who would want to develop the ultimate
>DOS-Browser, I would be interested in being one of the programmers
>(basically because I badly need help with the networking stuff - never
>did anything like that before).
>I'm curious about what the others think...
Well, we can make it an interesting project, by making it better than
Netscape (or equally good), since DOS programs CAN be run under windows,
windows users *could* use it... Right? If it's good enough! ;)
-- Peter Palotas alias Blizzar -- blizzar AT hem1 DOT passagen DOT se --
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