[arachne] Re: User-friendliness or lack thereof in Arachne

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Hi Folks,

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 11:10:22 -0700 (MST)
Steve <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, 27 Jan 2006, Udo Kuhnt wrote:
> 
> > I would suggest that all the people on this list who would like to tell
> > me how user-friendly Arachne is and how bad Windows is to just try to do
> > without their Windows for a month, or perhaps only a week;
> 
>    Easy.  I've never owned Windows; most likely never will.

    I don't use Windows(3.1) for internet or email, either. And I haven't for 
may years.
And I will not even consider installing Windows9x or later.

>    You should take your own advice, only extend it.  Do without Windows for 
> a year, i.e., use a *nix instead.  Once your year is up, you'll wonder how 
> you ever managed to tolerate Windows in the first place.

   I have been using Linux for several years now, but I still maintain an 
up-to-date Arachne - which I use, but infrequently.

>    The biggest objection I have with Arachne is that it only goes up to 
> version 1.66 on the Linux branch.

   I have said much the same in previous posts.

>    So, the only way I get to use Arachne is to 'ssh -Y' to my old RH 6.2 
> box (which runs 24/7 as a news & database server) and fire it up over 
> there, displaying the GGI on the FreeBSD box.

    I use Slackware 7.1 to run Arachne under Linux. But too few of her 
functions have been ported yet to make her a viable browser.

>    Run-there, display-here arrangement makes mouse movements awfully slow
> though.  I've taken to using 'links -g' a lot more.

   My favourite browser in Linux !  :)

   Possibly because it has a very similar "feel" to Arachne, although it is not 
as flexible, and certainly not as customisable, as Arachne.   When current 
Arachne is fully ported to Linux, I think it will make quite an impression.

Regards,
         Ron

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