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Re: A solution that would certainly help TFN

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From: Mark Freedman
Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 00:00
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: : Nabil M. El-Khodari (falcon@torfree.net) wrote:
: : : I-Comm once again!!! IMHO, I-Comm is the way out for most of TFN's 
: : : current probelms that can be summarized as follows:

   (clipped from the cnet website - trimmed for brevity)
   
   [51]The shell game   

       The best way to browse the Web from a shell account is with Lynx.
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       I-Comm

       For the shell user with a serious case of PPP envy, there are a
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       few products that emulate standard graphical browsers like
       Navigator and IE. One of the most popular is I-Comm, from Talent
       Communications. I-Comm is part communications program and part Web
       browser. It relies on the presence of a text browser like Lynx and
       downloads images to your local machine for display in a graphical,
       point-and-click environment. It's a neat idea, but we found it
       cumbersome and more painful than it's worth. If you're desperate
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       for graphics and can't get access to a [53]cheap PPP account, give
       it a try. Otherwise, stick to Lynx.
       
References

   1. http://www.cnet.com

-- 
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From: cd260@torfree.net (Mark Freedman)
Subject: Re: A solution that would certainly help TFN
Date: 1998/01/28
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Summary: cnet review of ICOMM.
Organization: Toronto Free-Net
Newsgroups: torfree.general,tor.general,can.infohighway,torfree.policy