[snip] > question: if the "browser_products" of other entities are --so-- > problematic, just --how-- difficult would it be to "roll our own" ? > > note that this question is --not-- the same as asking > how long it would take to code all of the whiz_bangs > that the marketing_department_dweebs want to advertise. > > it doesn't have to do everything, > but, what it does do must be done well; reliably, predictably. > > i would want it to do things "the bsd way", e. g., search by reg_ex. > it would be totally divorced from anything "gnu". > i don't care about animation [ images hog bandwidth, big_time ]. [snip] > i have been researching how to write a "browser". > it is my understanding that, > once i can recursively render tables, the rest is comparitively easy. > i have not, just yet, figured_out how to do the secure_http thing > [ this is where i am stalled ]. > i want a program > that, either, is or, to the outside_world, appears to be a > "browser"_like thingy and which is --programmable--, > so that it may, in co_ordination with my book_keeping app, > log in to any account, > >----> to which i am already authorized access, <----< > such as my bank or my electric_utility, > in the middle_of_the_night, while i am asleep, > to down_load transaction_events or other postings, > to up_load bill_payment schedulings or other instructions, > so that i don't have to use my waking moments to > do these routine, but, necessary, time_consuming chores.
isn't "links" or "lynx", with some modifications, exactly what you want? or are they too complex to modify? [snip] > rob spellberg [SorAlx] ridin' VN2000 Classic LT _______________________________________________ freebsd-chat@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-chat To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-chat-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
