couple of points about the best application around

[Dr. T. L. Marchioro II]

Time to chime in with a few comments.  One is the simplest bug report in  
the world:

you've mis-spelled "transferred" in the application :)  Not a biggie, but  
time after time it kind of gets to you :)

Second:  I downloaded OmniImageFilter to use for InLine Images (I have  
ImageViewer, but it's 0.9e not i, and I wanted to see the other fine  
products by these great guys :) and I've found it's behavior a little  
confusing.  I just gunzipped and dropped it in /LocalLibrary/Services.   
Then I access a document that has an in-line image I get a generic NeXT  
executable Icon at the bottom of the screen, but it's half lit as if an  
app is launching, and it remains half-lit for eternity.  After I guit  
OmniWeb it's still hanging around.  So..... is this some sort of  
installation failure on my part? There were no instructions other than  
"drag and drop".  


By the way, I run OmniWeb over a 14.4 SLIP line and it's quite tolerable,  
although certainly not sprightly for images and sounds.

I showed it to a coworker who has a Mac Quadra  and *tolerates* using a  
NeXT on occasion.  She's been rubbing it in how she can run Mosaic and I  
can't.  Of course, the history panel completely blew her away, "Why can't  
I do that in Mosaic?"  etc.  Two hours later she was still poking away at  
OmniWeb....

That raises one last question: it's really great that you guys have  
provided what is already or will soon be (once you support forms and a few  
other things) the best web browser around, but I know how hard it is  
writing and maintaining such things, and I have to wonder what you are  
getting out of it?  Certainly *my* heartfelt gratitude, and lots of good  
publicity, but is there something else we can do to make it worth your  
while?  Obviously, if ever I meet you the beer's on me :)

Thanks --- Tom

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Dr. Thomas L. Marchioro II      Two-wheeled theoretical physicist
Center for Physical and
Computational Mathematics       515-294-5543
Ames Laboratory                 515-233-1216 (home)
Ames, Iowa 50011                tlm at iastate.edu