NEXTstep web browsers

Allison ajp166 at bellatlantic.net
Wed Jun 15 18:24:44 CDT 2005


>
>Subject: NEXTstep web browsers
>   From: "Witchy" <witchy at binarydinosaurs.co.uk>
>   Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 20:38:48 +0100 (BST)
>     To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
>
>Hi folks,
>
>Having got NEXTStep 3.3 and all the toys my mind naturally set about
>wondering if I could compile Firefox on my slab, and having got as far as
>'probably' I've decided the machine's probably not going to be fast enough
>for such a modern browser.

How slow is it?  I Happen to run firefox on a P166 and also run it on 
a P100 and its ok, slow to start but then fine.


>This brings to mind the question of NEXTstep browsers, and the realisation
>that there's probably only one - OmniWeb, so I've downloaded 2.7b3 but
>does anyone know if there are any other browsers or later versions of
>OmniWeb?

Shame Offbyone (OB1) isn't availab;e for other platforms very fast 
though very simple.

Allison


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