Re: [Freedos-user] DOS friendly search engine and AI issues

2025-05-30 Thread Mercury Thirteen via Freedos-user
Nice to see FrogFind get a mention! :) The fellow who made it also runs a YouTube channel (ActionRetro) covering retro tech, if anyone is interested. Sent with Proton Mail secure email. On Friday, May 30th, 2025 at 6:05 AM, Eric Auer via Freedos-user wrote: > Hi! While reading on The Regi

Re: [Freedos-user] DOS friendly search engine and AI issues

2025-05-30 Thread Eric Auer via Freedos-user
Hi! While reading on The Register about search enshittification by AI, I noticed a link to a HTTP (not HTTPS) non-Javascript search website: http://frogfind.com/ Sounds like a good thing for DOS users :-) Some other retro recommendations in this context: https://directory.sloop.nz/classic/

Re: [Freedos-user] DOS friendly search engine and AI issues

2025-05-30 Thread Karen Lewellen via Freedos-user
Hi, While I cannot speak to the recommendations, I want to add or suggest an alternative approach. When I actually search from my DOS desktop, I simply use the dos build of Links with its slight JavaScript abilities. Would not it be a broader solution to encourage, and where the talent allows,

[Freedos-user] DOS friendly search engine and AI issues

2025-05-30 Thread Eric Auer via Freedos-user
Hi! While reading on The Register about search enshittification by AI, I noticed a link to a HTTP (not HTTPS) non-Javascript search website: http://frogfind.com/ Sounds like a good thing for DOS users :-) Regarding the AI trouble, the article recommended: https://www.google.com/search?q=YOUR