[Info-vax] VMS Moasic 4.2

[Michael Grunditz]

In message <61c3bf49$0$704$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>
          Arne Vajhøj <arne at vajhoej.dk> wrote:

> On 12/22/2021 7:02 PM, chris wrote:
>> On 12/22/21 23:50, Phillip Helbig (undress to reply) wrote:
>>> In article<9ac4059f59.mickenx at armx6>, Michael Grunditz
>>>> 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)?

A lot if things are missing compared to modern browsers. But it serves my 
need.


> It does not support any version of Java and neither do any
> modern browser (Java applets are totally dead).

> It does not support any version of JavaScript either - and
> that is used by almost all web sites today.

True. I use the NetSurf as my primary browser, and that hasn't JavaScript. 
There are many sites still usable. The main objective for running VMS 
Mosaic on my XP900 is to access VMS freeware sites. I know that most of 
them also is ftp, but browsing makes them more accessible. I am a RISC OS 
kernel hacker, so I am pretty used to it.

Here is a little screen dump with Mosaic 4.0 (before I found 4.2 (on 
Gopher !))

http://safir.amigaos.se/bildgalleri/users2/18431_cdebg.jpg