[arachne] Re: INFO NEEDED FOR POSSIBLE FUTURE DOS/ARACHNE SUPPORT
- From: "Ron Clarke" <ariadne@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2008 13:12:46 +1000
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Hi Folks,
On Mon, 08 Dec 2008 02:50:27 +0000, Udo Kuhnt wrote:
> to be honest, I have always hated that "but it fits on one floppy"
> argument. Somehow I think this is what might have kept Arachne from
> getting support for all those nice features that I desire, that we
> could already have them all if it wasn't for that damn "Arachne has to
> fit on one floppy disk" rule. At least let us make this an Extra High
> Density disk.
I suspect that the "one floppy" thing is rather less important than
it once was. :)
> And I will probably never understand why some people think that one
> needs a different OS just to have SSL and Javascript support in the
> browser. AFAIK, the specs for both SSL and JS are completely
> platform-independent.
AFAIK you are right, they are OS-independant. I think it is the
16-bit code that makes it awkward.
>> Would you also like a little Flash and
>> Active X ??
> Yes, why not? I don't know whether I need ActiveX, but I certainly
> would like to have Flash - after I get SSL and full CSS and JS
> support, that is. And I want to have all of this in DOS, not
> Microsmart Windoze or Loonix.
Then, are you in a position to help develop Arachne in the way she
should go ? I am not a C programmer, so I can only work around the
edges.
Regards,
Ron
Ron Clarke
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