Title: FrogFiind.com converting results to basic HTML that old 68k browsers can read
Post by: Rob Blessin Black Hole on October 30, 2022, 08:51:28 PM
Post by: Rob Blessin Black Hole on October 30, 2022, 08:51:28 PM
Hello NeXT Community: I know all of you will enjoy this one , fire up previous emulator and get online then launch Omniweb Webbrowser any version type in http://www.frogfind.com , Frog Find lets you search and use most of the modern web on an original NeXT 68K NeXTSTation or Cube Computers as well as our previous 68k emulator , simply amazing , as most of the web is now easily accessible and usable .... and of course it works on old Macs and Amiga's as well. in action https://youtu.be/SnSrVO0-J30
so I decided to push the envelope and
I tried to shop on eBay , it searched but it bombed the omniweb app lol I don't think it was frogfind , I think it was the volume of info being thrown at the early webbrowser .....
Enjoy :)
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What in the world is FrogFind?
A quick FAQ on an unconventional search engine
Who made FrogFind?
Hi, I'm Sean, A.K.A. Action Retro on YouTube. I work on a lot of 80's and 90's Macs (and other vintage machines), and I really like to try and get them online. However, the modern internet is not kind to old machines, which generally cannot handle the complicated javascript, CSS, and encryption that modern sites have. However, they can browse basic websites just fine. So I decided to see how much of the internet I could turn into basic websites, so that old machines can browse the modern internet once again!
How does FrogFind work?
The search functionality of FrogFind is basically a custom wrapper for DuckDuckGo search, converting the results to extremely basic HTML that old browsers can read. When clicking through to pages from search results, those pages are processed through a PHP port of Mozilla's Readability, which is what powers Firefox's reader mode. I then further strip down the results to be as basic HTML as possible.
What machines do you test FrogFind on?
I designed FrogFind with classic Macs in mind, so I've been testing on my SE/30 to make sure it looks good in 1 bit color with a 512x384 resolution. Most of my testing has been on Netscape 1.1N and 2.0.2, as well as a few 68k Mac versions of iCab. FrogFind should also work great on any text-based web browser!
How can I get in touch with you?
Send me an email! actionretro@pm.me
so I decided to push the envelope and
I tried to shop on eBay , it searched but it bombed the omniweb app lol I don't think it was frogfind , I think it was the volume of info being thrown at the early webbrowser .....
Enjoy :)
###############
What in the world is FrogFind?
A quick FAQ on an unconventional search engine
Who made FrogFind?
Hi, I'm Sean, A.K.A. Action Retro on YouTube. I work on a lot of 80's and 90's Macs (and other vintage machines), and I really like to try and get them online. However, the modern internet is not kind to old machines, which generally cannot handle the complicated javascript, CSS, and encryption that modern sites have. However, they can browse basic websites just fine. So I decided to see how much of the internet I could turn into basic websites, so that old machines can browse the modern internet once again!
How does FrogFind work?
The search functionality of FrogFind is basically a custom wrapper for DuckDuckGo search, converting the results to extremely basic HTML that old browsers can read. When clicking through to pages from search results, those pages are processed through a PHP port of Mozilla's Readability, which is what powers Firefox's reader mode. I then further strip down the results to be as basic HTML as possible.
What machines do you test FrogFind on?
I designed FrogFind with classic Macs in mind, so I've been testing on my SE/30 to make sure it looks good in 1 bit color with a 512x384 resolution. Most of my testing has been on Netscape 1.1N and 2.0.2, as well as a few 68k Mac versions of iCab. FrogFind should also work great on any text-based web browser!
How can I get in touch with you?
Send me an email! actionretro@pm.me
Title: Re: FrogFiind.com converting results to basic HTML that old 68k browsers can read
Post by: wizard on November 01, 2022, 04:42:57 AM
Post by: wizard on November 01, 2022, 04:42:57 AM
Frogfind is awesome. I have been using on my Intel OPENSTEP 4.2 install.
Title: Re: FrogFiind.com converting results to basic HTML that old 68k browsers can read
Post by: andreas_g on November 01, 2022, 12:22:07 PM
Post by: andreas_g on November 01, 2022, 12:22:07 PM
Absolutely awesome! Thank you for the link!
Title: Re: FrogFiind.com converting results to basic HTML that old 68k browsers can read
Post by: Rob Blessin Black Hole on November 02, 2022, 04:40:29 PM
Post by: Rob Blessin Black Hole on November 02, 2022, 04:40:29 PM
Here is how he did it enjoy https://youtu.be/c_v2_vTogS8
Title: Re: FrogFiind.com converting results to basic HTML that old 68k browsers can read
Post by: crimsonRE on November 03, 2022, 12:23:17 PM
Post by: crimsonRE on November 03, 2022, 12:23:17 PM
Good post, Rob. I have been using for some time now on my PPC machines running IRIX,
Solaris and MacOS 9.2 - I should have thought to post it here. The original author posted a
notice about it to the MacRumors PPC forum a while back.
Another excellent search tool for us is http://wiby.me
AND if you go into settings, click the checkbox for 'Filter HTTPS'. You are sent back to
the wiby.me homepage and now all your search results will only include websites responding
solely to the http protocol - thus, accessible to our OmniWeb browser (and other old browsers
on other platforms, e.g., Netscape, Mozilla, etc) that cannot handle TLS 1.1 or higher...
Solaris and MacOS 9.2 - I should have thought to post it here. The original author posted a
notice about it to the MacRumors PPC forum a while back.
Another excellent search tool for us is http://wiby.me
AND if you go into settings, click the checkbox for 'Filter HTTPS'. You are sent back to
the wiby.me homepage and now all your search results will only include websites responding
solely to the http protocol - thus, accessible to our OmniWeb browser (and other old browsers
on other platforms, e.g., Netscape, Mozilla, etc) that cannot handle TLS 1.1 or higher...