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h2g2 via Palm
LwB Started conversation Jan 23, 2001
I subscribe to Omnisky (AT&T) for the Palm (using a Vx, tho they have modems for the III form-factor, too):
-That service has its own "OmniSky" browser, which very nicely displays regular HTML/WWW pages instead of WAP.
-You can view WAP pages from AvantGo, but AvantGo will also fairly well display regular HTML/WWW pages (altho they are not
reformated like OmniSky does, so you have to scroll left & right to see the whole page, which can be a bother).
-You can view WAP pages even better with KBrowser (www.4thPass.com) -- at least when viewing mobile.h2g2.com, buttons look like buttons using KBrowser, but not when using AvantGo, and more buttons show up on the screen with KBrowser than with AvantGo.
-The best way to use a Palm browser, howver, would be for h2g2 to use "PQA" files -- they would allow the OmniSky browser or AvantGO to more easily access special PQA-ready pages (about half-way between regular HTML/WWW pages & WAP pages), and the AvantGo servers could even download content into the Palm for viewing offline...
h2g2 via Palm
h2g2Support Posted Jan 24, 2001
An AvantGo version of h2g2 is indeed in the plan, but we can't give a timescale yet. It makes perfect sense, after all. 
Mark
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