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(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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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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(on Wikipedia)

This is basically a placeholder. I never did really use it, preferring Microsoft Works 3.0 for DOS.

a placeholder

https://git.yoctoproject.org/
was https://www.yoctoproject.org/software-item/matchbox/

Matchbox is an Open Source base environment for the X Window System running on non-desktop embedded platforms such as handhelds, set-top boxes, kiosks and anything else for which screen space, input mechanisms or system resources are limited.

Matchbox consists of a number of interchangeable and optional applications that can be tailored to a specific non desktop platform to enhance usability in a ‘constrained’ environment.

  • Abandoned? – It’s not on their website, but it still has content in their git repository