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Post #31 by tomlee59
Source ForumDeveloping Software — #31
CategoryDevelopment
Post DateWed, 27 Jun 2007 - 09:57
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/developing-software.8821/
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But is a browser really feasible? Sure, a text only browser might; but I'm talking about a real browser that let's you see graphics and forms too.
Given what a large undertaking it would be for someone to write a full-featured browser, my wishes are much more modest. I'd be perfectly happy just to have a port of wannabe to system 6 (or a tweak to allow 68000s to run it -- I mean true 68000-based macs, not "68k family"). Or to mod MacLynx to run under 6. Why? A couple of reasons:

1) There is only one browser of any kind that runs under 6. Samba is historically interesting, but unusable. It can't get to most modern sites (because they are virtually hosted). And even for the ones it can access, you can't download files! Can't use this browser to get to our favorite classic mac software sites, can't use it to download s/w.

2) MacLynx is a bit slow under 7. Maybe it could be sped up some at the same time it's made to run under 6. MacLynx does support the HOSTS extension, allowing access to all those virtually hosted sites. So if it could be made to run in 6, it would at least solve the problem of connecting to sites that have software we're interested in downloading.

Finally, the more you want the browser to do, the less likely it is that someone will undertake and complete the project. :)