[NTLK] Navigating the web with the newton

[Grant Hutchinson]

>> I managed to connect my emate to internet, but seems that I'm unable to
>> load any webpage. Newthopper says that it doesn't support 'text/html' (or
>> UTF8) while I seem to be able to load simple webpages (that I made) with
>> newt's cape but isn't able to open anything else.
> 
> Check these packages I made to fix that issue.
> http://dev.newtontalk.net/dpadilla/progs.htm
> NHcharsets.pkg and ZNHpatch.pkg
> There's also a JPEG plug in you may want to use.

Another issue to be aware of ... the Newton cannot load websites that use the https protocol due to the fact that the Newton Internet Enabler does not support SSL. Unfortunately, fewer and fewer websites are using straight http these days.

g.

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Grant Hutchinson
NewtonTalk List Dad & Web Custodian