[Sysadmin] Browser archive contributions

[Brian Wilson]

OK, I set aside some time this morning to classify and reconcile what I 
could - I added a column of whether Evolt has what I have. It was often 
hard to make a direct comparison, as evolt might have 3.03 where I had 
3.02 and 3.04 (I don't know if minor dot releases are that important in 
the overall scheme of things), and it looks like I might have tweaked 
the filename sometimes to disambiguate the platform being used.

Thanks,
-Brian

On 5/23/18 10:49 PM, Brian Wilson wrote:
> Hi Dean,
>
> I don't have links to the browsers, I have a pile of CDs. :)
>
> I realized after I originally sent this that the only proper response 
> if you expressed interest was to give you a list of all the versions I 
> have. That took me a couple days to gather:
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pBxYFifmpPgjVwxypR5cDDemI6ieQIKS3wez8iwSKpk/edit?usp=sharing 
>
>
> I was going to add another column and comb through the evolt archive 
> to cross-reference where there were gaps, but with over 200 on my end 
> and the archaeology that would probably be required with the strange 
> naming conventions they used to use...well, I figure I'll just put it 
> out there to start with. I can still try to add that 
> cross-referencing, but I won't be able to get to that until at least 
> this weekend. With the US having a holiday I probably have a few other 
> commitments that will make that problematic anyway.
>
> I figure we can determine what subset of the browsers I have that are 
> interesting and we can work from there how best to get them to you.
>
> PS: after some brief browsing, it looks like evolt either does not 
> focus on pre-release versions, or just doesn't have very many of them. 
> That was something I covered in depth on my site, which is why I have 
> so many of them for IE, Mosaic, Netscape and Opera (the browsers I 
> covered).
>
> Hope this list is interesting,
> -Brian
>
> On 5/22/18 5:31 AM, Dean Mah wrote:
>> Hi Brian,
>>
>> Thanks for thinking of the browser archive. If you still have links to
>> the various browsers, let me know and I can arrange for them to be
>> downloaded.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Dean
>>
>> On Sun, May 20, 2018 at 12:45 PM, Brian Wilson <retail at blooberry.com> 
>> wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I used to create/maintain a resource about HTML/CSS called "Index DOT
>>> Html/Css" (http://www.blooberry.com/indexdot). It was a great 
>>> reference used
>>> by many for a number of years, but it has since fallen by the wayside
>>> (browser developers became waaaay too ambitious to keep up with :) )
>>>
>>>
>>> So, as part of creating that site I had grabbed numerous versions of 
>>> the
>>> various web browsers I was covering (alphas, betas, point releases and
>>> more). I have them all archived, and I was going to finally throw 
>>> them out
>>> during a big spring cleaning I'm doing right now. In the back of my 
>>> mind I
>>> remembered your browser archive, so I thought I'd 1) see if you are 
>>> still a
>>> going concern, and 2) see if you might be interested in any of these
>>> versions. I probably have 50-100 browser versions from the early WWW 
>>> days. I
>>> have no idea if what I have fills in any of your blanks or if you 
>>> would want
>>> any of what I have. In any case, I thought I'd put the question out 
>>> there to
>>> gauge interest first before moving forward.
>>>
>>>
>>> Note: on browsers.evolt.org, you have the following:
>>>
>>> Browser submissions should be sent in the form of a URL using our 
>>> contact
>>> form, so that evolt.org staff can download the software into the master
>>> archive.
>>>
>>> This leads to a 404. I'm not sure if this give at evolt.org address is the
>>> proper alternate route.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks, and I hope you (all) and your site are doing well,
>>>
>>> Brian Wilson
>
>