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Software > Web browsers >

(on Wikipedia)
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/browsers.html

The problem with the Mozilla of browsers is that decent functionality isn’t included out of the box. This is what drove me away from Windows and I don’t want to waste my life configuring things anymore.. so I can’t really stand this browser.

  • Mozilla: Firebird, Phoenix or whatever other names.
  • This project is dead – see SeaMonkey.

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Whoops, I broke my HP 200LX.. I’ll have to get it repaired before I can re-open this project.

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Portable computing, Quiet computing > Oldschool >

(on Wikipedia)
(home page, archive)

An early-1990s

A portable computer.

Clamshell, Full QWERTY-keyboard with a keypad and macro keys, authentic Intel 8086 hardware, true DOS, a task-switching application, and a number of GUI applications and productivity software. It is truly a portable computer.

  • Abandoned — HP decided to switch to the Windows CE-supporting palmtops in their Jordana-series of palmtops, even though the 200LX was still a moneymaking operation.



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Software > Email >

https://web.archive.org/web/20010803123208/http://www.kaufmansoft.com:80/Index.htm
https://web.archive.org/web/20021209043641/www.kaufmansoft.com/Index.htm

A capable email client tiny enough to fit on a floppy!

This program prompted my very first review!

  • aka Kaufman Mail Warrior



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Software >

(on Wikipedia)
was neoplanet.com

A Windows 16bit internet browser+email suite. It leveraged Internet Explorer‘s HTML rendering engine.

This is probably the most significant piece of software I’ve ever used, because it was the initial prompt for my writing and publishing reviews. It pushed a major hobby and has influenced whole careers. As for it being any good.. well it had potential that it didn’t meet. At the time it was better than Opera but it just didn’t survive the web browser marathon.



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