[Info-vax] web browsers for VMS on ALPHA

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <OfFbFVO4QSwR at eisner.encompasserve.org>,
koehler at eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) writes: 

> In article <ijn3fq$6ms$3 at online.de>, helbig at astro.multiCLOTHESvax.de (Phillip Helbig---undress to reply) writes:
> > Now that my hardware upgrade is coming along, sometime soon I want to 
> > get a somewhat more modern web browser to run on VMS on ALPHA.  I also 
> > use LYNX and will update that as well, but that is not the browser of 
> > choice for all things.
> > 
> > Should I go with the latest CSWB?
> 
>    I use it.  Seems just fine if you don't go outside it's capabilities.
>    No flash.  No built-in .pdf.

I thought upgrading to an XP1000 would speed it up somewhat, but it is 
still slow.

> > What is the state of Mosaic for VMS on ALPHA?
> 
>    Mature.  Does everything I know of that Mosaic will do, which is not
>    really enough for a lot of pages these days.

Right.  :-(