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on 02 Apr 1996 19:17:50 +0300, Osma Ahvenlampi (oahvenla@hyppynaru.cs.hut.fi) wrote:
: In article <19960331.E18D688.15506@hydra.zrz.tu-berlin.de> starecjc@hydra.zrz.TU-Berlin.DE (Flexy) writes:
: >Why shouldnt a webbrowser like ibrowse or aweb not implement such
: >protocols (gopher://, ftp://, news:// etc.) also ?
: 
: When it makes sense to build them in, build them in. When it makes
: more sense to use some other application, designed for that task, use
: the other application. For example, I am quite happy using Voodoo for
: mail (I should be, since I wrote it, after all). I wouldn't be happy
: to use programs that wanted to do mail outside Voodoo, since I want it
: all in one place, and have Voodoo saving copies of sent messages. So,
: mail support in other programs would be bloat to me. Quite similarly,


For most web sites, it would be nice if the browser could handle the
'mail-to' tags automatically.


: I have good tools for FTP and news (although for news the tool isn't
: on the Amiga), and I don't want to change them. Support for these in


I also like to use a separate ftp program once and while for when I want
to 'rape' a site.  But it would be nice for Aweb to have built-in ftp
support for those sites that only have a couple of ftp links in them.

For news, I use Tin with no problems.  What machine/program are you
using?


: other programs would be useless waste of memory and development time.
: 

-- 
Both Voodoo and Aweb are GREAT programs, but they DEFINITELY need fine
tuning in the interface department.

I am currently suffering from Carpal Tunnel Syndrome(CTS), and I'm sure
that I'm not the only one!  WHY IN THE HELL IS IT SO HARD TO MAKE A
PROGRAM SO THAT IT IS *****BOTH***** MOUSE *AND* KEYBOARD FRIENDLY!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


As for voodoo, why not not use the left and right cursor keys for moving
up and down the message list?
As for Aweb, why not use the left and right cursor keys to go back and
forward from web pages?

BETTER YET... MAKE THEM USER DEFINEABLE!!!!!  And PLEASE, don't suggest
that they use MUI, as it slows down MY enitre sytem..  Maybe MUI works
fine on some systems, but on mine, it slows the entire sytem down.



Anyhow, I a glad that I don't have to use an IBM.  I've been using my
dad's IBM more often recently, and it's AGONIZING to use with CTS.
Just trying to keep the mouse inside the slidebars is MURDER, let
alone being without Powersnap, and requesters not remembering shit,
and in order to rename a file with 'file manager', ya need to type
the whole damn thing in again even with a 1 or 2 letter change...  It's
almost a GOOD thing that the clones have an 8 character filename limit.:)


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