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Hello Roy - 

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CA>> With the Mozilla gecko engine code being made available
CA>> along with others the kids don't have to start from zero
CA>> and can learn how browsers are coded by reading what has
CA>> already been accomplished in the gecko code? Mozilla has
CA>> at least one or two mini-browsers for embedded that they
CA>> are working on last time I checked. I think one was called
CA>> "Phoenix"? 

RJT> You've apparently been following this stuff *way* more
RJT> than I have... 

Maybe. The name is "Mozilla Firebird 0.6.1", not "Phoenix". 

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RJT> I tried to install a cdrom that came with a book I
RJT> recently acquired, and it insisted on upgrading the IE on
RJT> my 98 box from 4 (?) to 5.something (5.5?). And the book
RJT> is a few years old, copyright 2000 I think. I'm not sure
RJT> what this upgrade gives you... 

There were many problems with IEx v4 but I don't recall
specifics. Version 5 wasn't so hot but v5.5 is OK AFAIK. I
upgraded to version 6 just for the heck of it and v6 seems OK
to me. 

RJT> I'm not sure that frames is something I see any great
RJT> advantage to (yet?) and so far I've hit a few situations
RJT> where something has tried javascript on my setup and it
RJT> pops up and empty window and a notification box
RJT> complaining that it's not supported. I click on OK and
RJT> close the extra window, and things go on from there so I'm
RJT> not real sure what I'm missing, if anything. 

Some websites use frames but will autodetect if you can't or
offer a version of the page without frames. Others just use
frames and if you can't you don't see all of the page display.
:-\ 

RJT> It may be that it's in there someplace and I just haven't
RJT> enabled it, I don't know. It's not exactly been a real
RJT> high priority with me. 

Once you are on the WWW it will change your perspective. :-) 

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RJT> That doesn't say much, depending on whether it also
RJT> requires libraries and such stuff... 

I would think DILLO would require assistance from some
libraries, yes. 

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CA>> The proverbial "bottom line" is that they want paychecks
CA>> before they go any further with Dillo? 

RJT> Well, you gotta eat, I guess, and pay rent and such
RJT> stuff... 

RJT> If I can find somebody to pay _me_ for doing stuff I like
RJT> to do, that'd be seriously nifty. Nothing wrong with that.
RJT> And the 'net sure would tend to make that kind of thing
RJT> easier than it would be otherwise. 

My point is that DILLO is unfinished and will remain that way
for some time (few ever find a sponsor$$). 

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