Re: FAQ
>Linux, just like all the other modern OS's, has full browser
>capability. Any FAQ pages should be able to take advantage of the
>power of the web (including frames and animated GIFs).
Just a thought, but this is gonna be a FAQ, not a whole website.
I don't see the need for frames unless the FAQ gets huge; then use an
index frame. Animated GIFs are just a waste of bandwidth IMO, at least
for a FAQ.
Now some GIF/Jpegs, like maybe a logo at top/bottom would be nice...
Really, the whole purpose of this FAQ is to give information, not dazzle
people with techno-wizardry (not!) and eye~candy. And everybody knows
that frames & aniGIFs take longer to load than 1-2 small GIFs & text.
>Of course, Netscape is available for Linux. However, lots of
>people use Lynx because they like the speed and don't want to wait
>for silly animations and useless ads to load.
>most Linux users have a 486 with 8 MB RAM or higher
I have a P120 with 16Mb RAM; that alone will not run XNetscape at a
decent speed. I also have 12Mb swap space. That speeds it up a little,
but not much. If I had a 486/8Mb I would stick with Lynx :)
>Last year I used some dumb terminals to surf the web (I'm talking
>Unix here). I used Lynx, running on an Alpha and 64K connection.
>It's not an expirience I would recommend ;)
A while ago I used Lynx AND Netscape on a Solaris, and I preferred Lynx,
simply because there was no glitz! But what I do mostly involves
searching for information, so I don't like glitz ;)
----->Buddy
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