Browsers

[Mike Rambo]

Paul Melson wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 10:44:31AM -0400, Edward Glowacki wrote:
> > On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, Sean wrote:
> > > If there another browser available besides netscape that is robust and
> > > supports java, that I can compile?
> >
> > Put down your crack pipe, put your hands behind your head, and step
> > back slowly.  ;)  Sorry Charlie, for Linux right now Netscape is
> > all there is.
> 
>         There's a Java-based browser that supports Java
>         available called SkateBrowser that's written in
>         Java and supports HTML 3, Java, and proxies.  I
>         have never used it, but the screencap kinda looks
>         like NetPositive for BeOS.  Might be worth a shot.
> 
>         http://members.xoom.com/apostle1.1/software.html
> 

Just tried this one.   Easy to install.  Came up and seemed to work ok
but doesn't allow use of the backspace or delete keys when typing a
url.  This may be because I used IBM's jre118 (already on my system)
instead of the recommended jre117v3 from blackdown.org.  It also seemed
to lag just a tad compared with Netscape 4.73 on my Mandrake 7.1 desktop
although it was nearly as fast.  Fonts were quite different although
they can be configured - didn't try it though.  I guess overall it
wasn't as slick in appearance and no faster.  Not sure about stability. 
Didn't use it long enough.  Probably worth keeping an eye on if
development continues though.


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Mike Rambo
Lansing School District