Re: [NTLK] NewtsCape issues

From: Jochen Schäfer (js.josch_at_gmx.de)
Date: Sat Feb 14 2004 - 09:35:59 PST


Keyes Kurt wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> So I am still pretty new to the Newton, but I have gotten my wi-fi card
> up and running, surfing off my home Airport network with my Newton
> 2000/2100 using Newtcape.
>
> However, I am unimpressed at the way this browser displays pages. Is
> there some trick or advice to make web pages more readable? Newscape
> draws no images (every image is a square with a ? mark in it). Pages
Probably you have to activate image display.
> look funny. I tried the slim version of MacNN and it even looks bad.
> I have tried landscape and portrait view on the Newton and the same
> results.
No wonder. Newtscape only handles HTML 2 tags, so pretty much of todays
pages are not displayed correctly

> Maybe there are some good sites out there that look OK on the Newton
> screen with Newtcape? Maybe a site that is all text for protable
> devices? I remember when I had a Treo 300 it had some pages already
> bookmarked for handheld devices.
Any page, that isn't using massive HTML tricks, should display ok.

Jochen

-- 
This is the NewtonTalk list - http://www.newtontalk.net/ for all inquiries
List FAQ/Etiquette/Terms: http://www.newtontalk.net/faq.html
Official Newton FAQ: http://www.chuma.org/newton/faq/


This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.5 : Sat Feb 14 2004 - 10:30:01 PST