Date:	Thu, 02 Jan 2003 05:54:59 +0100
From:	Matthias Paul <Matthias DOT Paul AT post DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Subject:	Fw: New Arachne browser version
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On 2002-12-26, Dan wrote in news:comp.os.geos.misc:

> There's a new version of the other graphical DOS web browser at:
>
> HTTP://www.angelfire.com/id/glenndoom/ara171ue01.htm
>
> Arachne 1.71 (User Edition) appears to be a kind-of open source
> version, with a number of significant fixes, particularly reducing
> the tendency to crash when loading a site with sloppy javascript (the
> run-on download bug), and allowing access to Yahoo Mail and similar
> "PS" sites for the first time. 
>
> In all, about 40-odd improvements, though some take a bit of
> detective work to activate. You still have to download the windows
> font APM from the Arachne website to get most web sites to display
> properly. 
>
> Quite stable, even with large-graphics sites, and works nicely with
> all versions of Geos, from 1.2 up to NDO2000 -- AND can access
> CompuServe, unlike most versions of Skipper.
>
> Dan.

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