>Actually, there is a far more serious problem with Cyberdog -- it doesn't
do
>JavaScript.
As a long-time user of Cyberdog (since beta) on my Duo 210 and now Duo
2300c, I should be able to clarify some of these statements. While
Cyberdog will do Java (as implemented in Apple's MRJ), it will not do
JavaScript. These two are very different from each other (one having its
origin from Sun and the other from attempt by Netscape to improve html
functioning). When JavaScript is present in html code, Cyberdog will just
ignore it. This does create problems where the programmer has left only
one option for getting from point A to B (clicking the JavaScript button)
and I have run across this most often on home banking pages (do they all
get together?).
There is a Cyberdog solution that works for die-hard Cybie users, like me.
I keep a copy of IE (dread!) on the hard drive and use a shareware product
called Rapid-i-Bookmarks in Cyberdog. RiB creates a bookmark menu and
includes the menu option "View with Explorer" (or View with Navigator). So
when I get to a page that I suspect might have a JavaScript button, I just
implement "View with Explorer" so see what I might be missing. It is not a
perfect solution, but it does keep me using Cybie as my #1 browser. More
info on this topic can be found at www.cyberdog.org and the very active
cyberdog.general list.
>Oh, another shortcoming is that URL's are not clickable in the mail
module.
>Sure, you can highlight them and drag and drop them, but that's sure not
>cutting edge.
There are other solutions. First, if the message is rich text (MIME) then
it is clickable. If only text, and the url begins with http, then
highlighting it and pressing <cmd> k will take you to the page. Cybie also
works very well with Apple Data Detectors (ADD), so a simple <ctrl> click
will locate the url in the text and permit multiple actions, including
opening with Cybie.
If Cybie were just a browser, then I probably would not be using it. But
the e-mail client is great, ftp is great (I can update my web pages through
simple drag and drop), Telnet works seamlessly, and then there is finger,
NTP, and a great web search function (that still rivals Sherlock) that can
be added on. It will be hard to image a world without Cyberdog as my
primary web tool, yet nothing out there today can match its total web
functionality.
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