[Info-vax] VMS Moasic 4.2

[chris]

On 12/22/21 23:50, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
> In article<9ac4059f59.mickenx at armx6>, Michael Grunditz
> <michael.grunditz4 at gmail.com>  writes:
>
>>>> I don't know DCL enough to change the build file properly, I just
>>>> commented out parts that didn't work (Motif and SSL).
>>
>>> I'm struggling to understand the concept of a graphical web browser on
>>> VMS without Motif.
>>
>> It works , it is just that something changed in how to guess which version
>> it is .. or VSI upped the version. That version checking is what I
>> commented out and also hardcoded which version to link with.
>>
>>> With regard to SSL: since most sites are http these days, without SSL
>>> it's probably a non-starter.
>>
>> SSL works , I can browse wikipedia. with VSI OpenSSL 1.1.1
>>
>> *very happy*
>>
>> Much more usable than mozilla on my XP900.
>
> In that case, it does sound interesting.
>
> What doesn't work, compared to a modern web browser on a typical system
> (Windows, Apple, Linux)?
>

Anything to do with later versions of java, which most sites seem
dependent on now. Did try early Mosaic on an old Sun system some
years ago and barely worked with anything, though Google tried it's
best...

Chris