From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
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Subject: Re: Browsers (was: Re: Plan 9 annoyances (was: Re: [9fans] mv vs cp)) 
In-Reply-To: Message from John Murdie <john@cs.york.ac.uk> 
   of "Thu, 11 Oct 2001 09:31:32 BST." <E15rbFi-0006DC-00@minster.cs.york.ac.uk> 
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From: Steve Kilbane <steve@whitecrow.demon.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2001 18:26:12 +0100
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John wrote:
> There's no reason
> why the Plan 9 form of innovation (step back, think, redesign and
> rewrite) should not be applied to the Web, is there?

No reason at all, although it wouldn't solve the primary complaint
about the lack of a web browser, namely that one cannot read one's
favorite site, because the sites wouldn't be compatible.

steve