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Date:      Fri, 5 Jun 2009 11:46:21 -0600
From:      Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Open_Source
Message-ID:  <20090605174621.GC87456@kokopelli.hydra>
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On Wed, Jun 03, 2009 at 08:49:50AM +0200, Wojciech Puchar wrote:
>=20
> but it's at least much more difficult. And - my other rule fits very well=
=20
> here. Avoid OVERCOMPLEX programs.

I tend to agree with this take on things, and I follow a similar
philosophy of software choice.

Slight tangent, and you may have mentioned it before: What window manager
do you use?


>=20
> Unfortunately there are no well done WWW browsers for unix in the world.
> links -g is an exceptions, but in the same time it's quite limited.
> But have best fonts :)

The links browser's interface is crap, as is that of every other text
console based browser I've ever encountered.  Moving around within a
page and selecting a link are two tasks for which text console based
browsers have not provided an even halfway decent interface.  It seems as
though Web browsers provide a rare case of an application type that is
specifically suited primarily for a mouse-driven interface.

--=20
Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
Quoth Scott McNealy: "Microsoft is now talking about the digital nervous
system.  I guess I would be nervous if my system was built on their
technology too."

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