[Coco] How about a CoCo Web Browser?

[jdaggett at gate.net]

On 13 Mar 2009 at 0:13, Frank Pittel wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 11:07:34PM -0400, jdaggett at gate.net wrote: >
> On 11 Mar 2009 at 21:25, Diego Barizo wrote: > > > Besides web access,
> another good reason to have a browser like program > > for the CoCo,
> is to be able to open HTML files, which are the real > > Portable
> Document File, - not that other format :-) That was the idea > >
> behind my attempt to create what is an HTML renderer, not a web > >
> browser. To allow me to create a formatted text file in the PC, and >
> > open it in the CoCo keeping most of the formatting. > > > > Diego >
> > > > Fifteen years ago when the HTML was still in its adolescent
> years yes. Now > that HTML has matured into XML there is no way that a
> stock Coco3 could > have the graphics power to do all that XML or even
> HTML can do. Heck not > even the two popular browsers on PCs today
> support all the features of > HTML or even XML. > > You would have to
> redign the 6309 processor to run on 45 nM silicon to just > think of
> getting enough computing power. A separate graphics processor > with
> accelleration. > > Yes you could do a small subset of the HTML
> language on a Coco3.  But it > may very well be highly limited to make
> surfing the net not a pretty sight. > > just my opinion
> 
> I"m interested in seeing how the cocoweb people handle flash and
> javascript! :-)
> 


I am not even going to go there. Granted it would be something to do just 
to prove it could be done but not up my alley. 

james