Subject: NetBSD/pmax: No Good Browsers. (Was: what to choose)
To: None <port-pmax@netbsd.org>
From: Bob Lantz <lantz@Stanford.EDU>
List: port-pmax
Date: 10/06/2000 11:46:47
In my opinion, there is no decent web browser for NetBSD/pmax. It's a
major limitation of the platform.

 I am using an ancient Mozilla, but it is buggy and doesn't support Java
 or flash.

 Amaya is OK, but once again no javascript or java, and the interface
 is poor and it is intolerant of anything but perfect html. Rendering is
 also clunky.

 Kfm is OK, but doesn't support javascript or java.

 I have settled for running Netscape over X from Solaris, which is
 a poor "solution" but the only one that really works.

Has anyone tried a browser that actually works well? How about the new KDE
browser?? How about a newer version of Mozilla? How about an old Ultrix
Netscape?? How about Grail or... anything?? Can anyone actually run java
or javascript?? It's really frustrating and I can't believe that no
NetBSD/pmax users use the web. Prove me wrong, please!!

I got Kaffe (Java VM) 1.0.5 to compile (supposedly it supports NetBSD and
mips) but it doesn't actually run.

Bob

p.s. I agree that fvwm2 works great. 

On Fri, 6 Oct 2000, Peter C. Wallace wrote:

> > Is there anybody who can recommend me a X window manager and Web browser
> > for a DECstation 5k/33 with 24 MB RAM ?