Re: HTML and Browser Support

Donovan (bak...@gwtc.net) wrote:
: don't even know anyone who does not use a Netscape or IE browser. Those
: of you who do not, can you explain to me what you use and why so I can
: get a clear understanding of Lynx, Unix, WinWeb....and why you chose to
: use them. I realize that I travel only in the United States and maybe
: geography has something to do with it. 

Fine, I'll bite, this time.

Name: Ilmari Karonen
Uses: Lynx (usually), Netscape (if I need graphics),
      M$IE (not if I can avoid it)
Why: a) Having a very very low end machine, few graphical browsers
        run on it without crashing, hogging resources and generally
        being slow and annoying.
     b) I can run Lynx over telnet, making it easy to start whenever
        I need to get something from the web.
     c) It's fast. Not only do I avoid loading images, but if I run
        it on the ISP's server I don't have to pull all that tag
        soup through my 14.4k modem link.
     d) It's limited, yes, but what it does it does very well. I've
        yet to see another browser that'd follow the the recommended
        parsing rules as nicely.
     e) Some of its limitations are actually good things. I rather
        like the frame/refresh implementation, for example. (It shows
        both as links at the top of the page.)
What I miss: Incremental display, optional justification of table
             columns, smarter caching, better HTML authors =)

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