On 17 Jul 2006 15:26:05 -0500, David Vanderschel <address@hidden> wrote:
"another browser"? I suspect that there are very few
people for whom emacs w3 is their first browser. Use
of emacs instead of one of the biggies (like Firefox)
for browsing would be more along the lines of what I
would refer to as using "another browser" and the
transition to it is more like what would require an
effort "to educate users to go to another browser".
Let's also keep in mind that the goal of this discussion was to provide a way for Windows-using newbies who go to the W32 Wiki looking for answers to get links to the official emacs docset.
Regardless of how many emacs experts might use emacs as a web browser, I think one would be exceedingly hard-pressed to find a Windows-using emacs newbie looking for answers to FAQs who would be browsing the web (and reading the wiki) using emacs.
A solution that requires using w3-mode to get basic emacs information is like having a mountain climbing class that meets on top of Mt. Everest. If they can get the information, they don't need it.
-Eli
Even more to the point, regardless of how many experts might use emacs as their main browser, I think the number of newbies looking for answers to FAQs related to running on Windows who will have stumbled upon the emacs Wiki who use emacs as their web