Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 11:46:21 -0600 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Open_Source Message-ID: <20090605174621.GC87456@kokopelli.hydra> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906030848330.49751@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <4d3f56c90906020812t40c5fcbv178bcd7f702356f@mail.gmail.com> <4ad871310906020843n3e7dc96ap28d5d622e844abf1@mail.gmail.com> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906021757290.2065@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20090603004914.73f40a60@gluon.draftnet> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906030848330.49751@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl>
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--z4+8/lEcDcG5Ke9S Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 08:49:50AM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote: >=20 > but it's at least much more difficult. And - my other rule fits very well= =20 > here. Avoid OVERCOMPLEX programs. I tend to agree with this take on things, and I follow a similar philosophy of software choice. Slight tangent, and you may have mentioned it before: What window manager do you use? >=20 > Unfortunately there are no well done WWW browsers for unix in the world. > links -g is an exceptions, but in the same time it's quite limited. > But have best fonts :) The links browser's interface is crap, as is that of every other text console based browser I've ever encountered. Moving around within a page and selecting a link are two tasks for which text console based browsers have not provided an even halfway decent interface. It seems as though Web browsers provide a rare case of an application type that is specifically suited primarily for a mouse-driven interface. --=20 Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] Quoth Scott McNealy: "Microsoft is now talking about the digital nervous system. I guess I would be nervous if my system was built on their technology too." --z4+8/lEcDcG5Ke9S Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.10 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkopWe0ACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKXkjACfTW4jGEC7p0FzTCHzXq3Feuy1 QVgAn1BVergrFwApu5fMb7xv79lJNsyV =G5lm -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --z4+8/lEcDcG5Ke9S--
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