Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club! From: "Ray Andrews" <randrews@xxxxxxxxx> > Maybe. There are also lots of Ford Model 'T' clubs, nevertheless Model 'T's > are not allowed on any freeway -- they are too slow. But if a simplified > graphics library makes it easier to complete the port to Linux, the > sacrifice of CGA and EGA will be worth it IMHO. I expect there are very > few Linux users useing XT's or CGA. Further, we 'officialy' cut support > for XT's several years ago, I'd say it's time to do the same for CGA > and EGA. Ah, I suppose since there are also very few Arachne users left, it is okay to delete the code altogether. What is this project all about if not providing a browser for systems that have been left to their own devices by the software industry? Arachne already has problems on new hardware, why on earth would anyone want to make the scope of hardware that it is able to run on even smaller? Besides, compiling a version for a 386 is quite different from removing code; anyone with a Borland C compiler can compile his own 8086 version, but few have the technical knowledge to re-add support for graphics cards that has been removed or is broken. > Yes, I stand by what I said, but I also said it's a work of genius. > Both are true. And remember, it was MP himself who said: > "It needs a complete rewrite". If you disagree, it's not with me, > but with the author himself. So I disagree with Michael Polak, so what? I disagree with him for almost as long as I have been using Arachne, mostly because he thinks that writing a web browser for DOS was a complete waste of his time. If you think that Arachne needs a rewrite, then why do you not go about and really rewrite the damn thing? You obviously didn't rewrite Arachne either because if you had done this, you would be unable to use the patches that the others come up with. > But let's stop bickering about this, it serves no point. Neither does all your bragging about your version and whining about the lack of people helping you with your code. Since you already told us that you can work with your sources ten times faster than we with ours, you shouldn't have any problems, anyway. Udo -- The DR-DOS/OpenDOS Enhancement Project - http://www.drdosprojects.de -- This mail was written by a user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/ Arachne at FreeLists -- Arachne, The Premier GPL Web Browser/Suite for DOS --