[arachne] Fw: Re: original format....

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From: "Glenn McCorkle" <glennmcc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

Ah ha !!!

Well sir...
you can disregard all of my misgivings about the new format.

I've now given it a 'fair test' and I can now say... "I _like_ it."

Sorry for troubling you with this _before_ giving it a fair test.

BTW.... 'hotlist' == 'bookmarks file'

In Arachne.... our 'bookmarks file' is simply an HTML file.

http://www.glennmcc.org/hotlist.htm
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On Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:28:55 -0500, John Madden wrote:

>> What I do is to keep the next one that _will_ exist in my 'hotlist'

> What's this "hotlist?"  Ever heard of RSS? :)

>> In this day & age...
>> what could be more unorthodox than a full-featured graphical web
>> browser that runs 100% in DOS (no windows, no Linux... just DOS).

> Hey, nothing wrong with that.  When the svgalib-based one is complete, let me
> know -- I run into situations all the time where a quick browser session
> would help and there's no X to be found.

>> At this link...... http://www.freelists.org/archive/arachne/recent

>> The posts are not arranged by date... but rather are grouped by thread.

> That should be a coincidence, the messages on those pages are displayed
> chronologically with the most recent at the top.  It's RSS but in HTML.
> Sorta.

>> When I turned-on 'vacation mode' four years ago and left it on permanently,
>> I figured that it was not only helping me by reducing the in-flux of
>> emails to my inbox, but that it was also helping you by reducing the
>> needed outgoing email bandwidth.

> Indeed.  You should be able to keep up, just bookmark the post you're on and
> use the "Next by Date" links.  We'll be adding in more options as we work in
> an entirely new/modernized site design in the coming weeks.

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