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From: "da Silva, Joe" <Joe DOT daSilva AT emailmetering DOT com>
To: "'opendos AT delorie DOT com'" <opendos AT delorie DOT com>
Subject: RE: WebBoy (was: any new dos?)
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 09:51:38 +1100
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I played around with the V3 demo a few years ago, and as I recall, the
install batch file (at the time), had a couple of bugs (fixable, however),
so this might explain your "blank screen experience". Since the demo
versions are "crippleware", unfortunately, they are not very useful in
themselves.

I also agree that Arachne is now a better choice than the V3 demo,
particularly as this is fully functional and works quite well. OTOH, a
working copy of V4 would be better still, since this supports Javascript,
whereas we have been waiting for this capability in Arachne for a long,
long time.  :-/

Joe.

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	Alex Venn [SMTP:aven AT ukgateway DOT net]
> Sent:	Tuesday, November 20, 2001 2:43 AM
> To:	opendos AT delorie DOT com
> Subject:	Re: WebBoy (was: any new dos?)
> 
> In article
> <01FD6EC775C6D4119CDF0090273F74A455A81D AT emwatent02 DOT meters DOT com DOT au> you
> write:
> > As far as I know, no English edition of V4 has been released,
> > although there is an English edition of V3 available (this version
> > did not support Javascript, though). So, you would need the
> > help of someone versed in Japanese to install this, after which
> > you should be able to operate it via the icons).
> 
> I wish whoever tries it luck. I had a couple of goes at installing the 
> V3 from the Japanese site and it always ended up with a blank screen. 
> Maybe there is more to it than running the install batch file :( On the
> other hand, if anybody does succeed, I'd be interested in finding out
> what it takes. 
> 
> ...
>  > BTW, a derivative of WebBoy V3 is still available, in several
> languages > (including English), see
> "http://webboy.aleph.com.br/index.html".
> 
> This one does install OK and it works pretty well too (as a viewer at 
> least, although the inability of passing a filename is a downer), but so 
> far Arachne still rules.
> 
> Alex.
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