Re: LYNX-DEV Looking for Java/Javascript Lynx

[Roger Hill]

On Sat, 15 Nov 1997, David Rovinsky wrote:

> > The consensus (as far as I'm concerned) is that Java is much too
> > GUI-oriented to implement directly into Lynx.  Perhaps it would be nice if
> > Lynx would spawn an applet viewer, much like images and sound files are
> > already handled.  OTOH, I've not seen an applet I can't live without.

Fair enough, but to me, the best part about Java is the JDBC drivers..so
now I can access my databases from Java. If Lynx could support Java to the
extent required for JDBC, then I need not use PHP, perl CGI's etc to
provide text based web access for my users to the enterprise DB's.

I have written some simple standalone _applications_ in Java to
collect/update info from our Ingres DB..if I could Lynx them, it would
fit in much better with other apps that we have.

Hope this makes sense.
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