Archive of UserLand's first discussion group, started October 5, 1998.
Re: What if there were a third browser?
Author: paul haeberli Posted: 11/30/1998; 9:36:10 PM Topic: What if there were a third browser? Msg #: 616 (In response to 560) Prev/Next: 615 / 617
Here are a few ideas for an alternative browser that i wrote up a year ago out of frustration with IE and Nav.1. Allow the leading (the space between lines of text) to be adjusted to make the text more readable. The most important thing for readability is not the font size but rather the space between the lines.
2. Eliminate all flashing as pages are drawn.
3. Implement non-flashing smooth scrolling. Does anyone remember using ascii terminals with smooth scrolling? can be very nice.
4. It would be super cool to extend the applet tag to support a default color or image to be displayed while the applet loads.