[arachne] Re: EVALUATION OF VERSIONS 169 TO 190
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** Reply to note from "Brian C. Murphy" <BCMURPHY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Mon, 23 Oct
2006 23:30:25 -0400
>
> for or bombs Arachne out. I believe the fault for the bombing out problem
> there is NOT Arachne, but rather the stupid search algorithm.
There was a bug, fixed about 1.73 or 1.75
> ARACHNE 171UE1 Arachne 171UE1 configured from ARA17LT.ZIP, and it works well
> all around, is fast, and seems bug free.
> When configured, its resolution is too high, giving you a very small viewing
> window. However this can be easily corrected as follows:
> While running Arachne, Hit F1 and choose "How to use Arachne to optimize
> colors".
> Now link to the 'Video Setup' button
> On the next screen, choose 'Vesa compatible card or driver' on the left of
> the screen and '640x480' on the right top of the screen.
> Now link to the 'Try selected graphics mode' button and proceed to run
> Arachne on the net. You will find that resolution is now much lower,
> and that it gives you a large, confortable view of each web page (which can
> be made smaller with - and larger with +. Many thanks to Glenn
When you first setup Arachne the video setup window should appear. Choose
whatever size you want. Then press F5 for screen size/type.
Not a bug but a choice. For example I always run standard at 800x600 but can
drop down to 640 or up to 1024 by keypress.
> After intensive testing, it turns out A171 does almost everything well and
> fast. However, about half the files you try to download fail to
> download, even though A170 will successfully download all of the same files
> from the same web site, e.g. SHORT.STOP. tested by Brian
By fail you mean not on your hard drive or you forgot to press F2 to save?
They might have been in cache.
> ARACHNE 173 GPL A173 TEST NOTE: A173GPL appears to do everything well and
> quickly, except downloading files from Internet
> sources. When it should present you with a download screen with the name of
> the file on it, e.g. PDF2TXT.ZIP, instead it shows you an
> HTML representation of the contents of the file. - BRIAN MURPHY OCTOBER 6,
> 2006.
That was changed in mime.cfg. You have the option to set it the old way or new
method! Change the parameters of .zip in .cfg file.
> ARACHNE 175 GPL Arachne 175 is quite buggy, although it configures ok and
> dials alright. However, it will not export BMP's and will not
> download files. Instead of downloading a file, it shows you an HTM view of
> the contents of the file you wanted to download. By and large
> don't bother trying to use A175. BRIAN MURPHY: OCTOBER 19, 2006.
Have a friend using 1.75 for years. Never a problem.
> ARACHNE 177 GPL
> As with other newer Arachne configurations, a177 had too high resolution and
> had to have it corrected on the video setup screen by
> choosing vesa compatible card on the left and 640 x 480 hicolor on the top
> right.
> A177 does not scroll up and down smoothly and will not export BMP's. I did
> try downloads with it, and it would not complete them,
> displaying an html display of the contents of the zip file instead.
Scrolling method is set in Options, Preferences. The default may have
changed at a certain version level. I always change it. Video setup
discussed above. As for .zip files not completing download, do you think if
you could see the contents of a zip file it must already be on your
hard drive? I prefer the new method as can see what is in a zip file before
saving. Pressing F2 does the trick. For some newbie users I set
parameters in mime.cfg to not show contents. Save dialog appears immediately
after download. Your choice!
> ARACHNE 181 GPL A181 would not run beyond dialing and waiting for the
> Arachne.CZ URL. A181 would never find that URL nor any
> other URL you gave it.
At some point believe lsppp.exe became default dialer. It is setup usually
with all parameters including namesevers on 1 line. Did you set the
dialer?
> ARACHNE 185 GPL A POTENTIAL PRIZE WITH JUST A LITTLE BIT OF WORK BY THE
> DEVELOPMENT TEAM
> Graphics resolution is easily set to your taste. Since I like low resolution,
> I set graphics to Vesa compatible on the left and 640 x 480
> resolution on the right 800 x 600 max. resolution, which gave me comfortable
> viewing screens all the time. A185 scrolls smoothly, but but
> the mouse is a little sticky and slow to get started moving. However, when I
> ran A185 on a RAM drive, the slowness of the mouse
> disappeared.
Are you using ctmouse included with arachne? Did you have virtual screens on?
Turn them off. Speed improves.
> PS: After further testing, it turned out that A185 has one serious flaw: It
> will not print the text of a URL page with the P function. So, at that
> point I ceased to use it as my primary version of Arachne.
Were you using Device PRN or Print command. There was a form feed command
added to one, I modified slightly mime.cfg and prints fine.
> ARACHNE 187 GPL This is the most troublesome version of Arachne I have ever
> configured. During configuration it seemed to have a
> mind of its own. I did the usual graphics configuration but noticed it at
> first did not have a max resolution box, though one appeared later. In
> use, A187 wanted to give higher resolution than I liked. It scrolled smoothly
> but was very slow in all operations, especially moving to and
> from a URL.
1.87 worked fine. User is required to setup dial connection and video setup
has never been a problem on any version. First complaint about
it so it sounds like your method is missing something.
> To test Graphics I went to a St. Helens Photo display where I was able to see
> photos of Mt. St. Helens. However, A187 refused to download
> graphics. All in all this is a very bad version of Arachne and I recommend
> you do not use it. Brian Murphy October 21, 2006
Hard to believe that users of 10 versions of software would not be able to save
anything. Press K for hotkey page or F1 click on Arachne
hotkeys. Says press F2 for save page. That includes .htm , image, zip files.
Anything!
> ARACHNE 189 GPL A189 refused to go to home at Arachne.CZ and also refused to
> go to any other URL. A189 does not seem to
Using lsppp.exe requires nameserver info in same parameter line. Read
lsppp.doc for info. Or else use older eppp.exe dialer.
> A190JGR1-387 GPL was very difficult to configure because it places in
> Arachne.CFG quit a number of commands that do not work
> properly. I had to swap in several commands from A170R3 in order to make
> A190jgr1-387 GPL work at all.
Were you ever in Options before trying to use software. Configuring the entire
software works much better than a few pieces.
> A190JGr1-387 will not download ZIP files; instead of showing you the download
> screen, it shows you an HTML representation of the
> contents of the ZIP file. A190JGr1-387 is quite slow to go to some URL's,
> e.g.WWW.ACTIONDIRECT.COM a190JGr1-387 does have a
> nice, smooth fast scroll, but it is slow to type in the URL field. It is
> very slow to download web pages, even on a RAM drive.
> A190JGr1-387 is very reluctant to upload images with the CTRL-P command,
> although I did finally manage to get it to download one
> photo of Mt. St. Helens. It also appears to me that it sometimes says "no
> image to download" or words to that effect, when there is, in fact,
> an image to download.
No sluggish mouse ever experienced. Scroll is fine though suspect you have
yours set differently. What process are you doing to download
images? Never have used Ctl-P for downloading images. Press K for
hotkey/mouse info. It explains how to do images. If not clear someone
on list will explain how. Last couple weeks my v1.89 has slowed down.
Believe a fresh install using 1.90 will have it back to speed.
Cal
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