MY NEXT STEP IS TO HAVE MY NEWTON GO ONLINE SO THIS HELPED ANSWER SUM
QUESTIONS FOR ME THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMPARISONS.
LAG
>From: "victor_at_newtontalk.net" <victor_at_newtontalk.net>
>Reply-To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
>To: "newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net" <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
>Subject: Re: [NTLK] Where can I find info about web browsers?
>Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 11:02:26 -0400
>
>
>Here's a quick rundown/comparison from facts in my brain:
>
>NetHopper 3.2
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>-No longer supported
>-Supports GIFs, no JPEGs, no PNGs
>-Renders pages in its own window
>-Can install packages from web, but very picky about MIME types
>-Only runs under OS 2.1 - older versions run under OS 2.0
>-Bookmark manager??
>-Scheduled downloads via external program
>-Can't save pages easily
>-In particular, is NOT HTTP 1.1 compliant
>
>Newt's Cape 2.1
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>-Still supported
>-Supports animated GIFs, JPEGs via plugin, no PNGs
>-Renders pages by patching Newton's internal book reader
>-Can install packages from web
>-Has plugins for many different things: viewing PalmDOC books, Waba applets
>in
>web pages, audio files via InBox/SimpleMail Audio Decoder/MODPlayer
>-Can execute NewtonScript in web pages
>-Runs under 2.0 or 2.1, older version for 1.x
>-Has bookmark manager with scheduling support
>-Can save pages to Notes, Works, In/Out box, standalone package
>-Is HTTP 1.1 compliant
>
>For a better rundown of Newt's Cape features:
>http://mywebpages.comcast.net/saweyer/newton/newtscape.htm#WhatIs
>
>As for what is faster, well, I haven't touched NetHopper in a long time.
>It
>might take some time for Newt's Cape to fully render a page but the things
>you can do with it once it's been rendered is quite extensive and worth it.
> I use it most often to browse the IMDB from =
>the couch.
>
>--
>Victor Rehorst - victor_at_newtontalk.net - chuma_at_chuma.org
>Newtontalk list administrator
>
>Original Message:
>-----------------
>From: Melvin Lasky melvin.lasky_at_manhattan.edu
>Date: Fri, 17 May 2002 10:20:25 -0700
>To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
>Subject: [NTLK] Where can I find info about web browsers?
>
>Where can I find info on the differences between Nethopper 3.2 and
>Newtscape. Currently I have Newtscape installed, and it is decent but a
>little slow? Is nethopper better? Thanks for your time
>
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