Browser designed for libraries?

[Bill Drew]

Tony Barry wrote:
> 
> At 9:59 AM 21/7/97, Bill Drew wrote:
> >libraries.  Here is what I would like to see in such a browser:
> >
> >1. built in telnet/tn3270 with full VT compatability (remember Cello?)
> 
> There is a Java telnet applet which would cover this.
> 

Yes, but how do you get the applet to accept telent URLs off of a
webpage?
> 
> >7. Low space/memory needs.
> 
> Heeee Heeee!

While that thought may seem laughable I beleive it is necessary fro such
a browser.  I wonder how much of the new browsers from Netscape and MS
are actually code for e-mail and other functions.

> 
> >8. Full multimedia support without plugins.
> 
> Until people stop inventing new wrinkles we are stuck with this one :-(

Agreed.  Pugins will porbably always be necessary.
This could be a good project for the International Federation of Library
Associations and Institutions.  Such a product would need to be
multilingual as well.


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