[Sysadmin] [theforum] Fwd: Browser archive contributions

[Dean Mah]

Cool! Thanks for maintaining the archive.

Dean


On Mon, May 28, 2018, 3:08 AM William Anderson <neuro at well.com> wrote:

> I've gotten all these files from Brian. It's a couple of gig of good stuff.
> I'll look at integrating it into the archive when I can.
>
> -n
>
> On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 4:50 PM William Anderson <neuro at well.com> wrote:
>
> > YES PLEASE! :)
>
> > Also, I'd be happy to put a mirror of the indexdot site on the browser
> > archive, since none of the existing mirror or download pages seem to work
> :(
>
> > -n
>
> > On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 4:23 PM David Kaufman <david at gigawatt.org>
> wrote:
>
> > > Email from a browser donor :-)
>
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> > > From: Brian Wilson <retail at blooberry.com>
> > > Date: Sun, May 20, 2018 at 2:45 PM
> > > Subject: Browser archive contributions
> > > To: <give at evolt.org>
>
> > > 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 <http://evolt.org/contact/>, 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
> > > --
> > > TheForum Archives: http://lists.evolt.org/theforumarchive/
>
> > > evolt.org wiki: http://wiki.evolt.org/
> > > teamwork site: http://evolt.teamworkpm.net/
>
>
> ----------------------------------------
> so, are we gonna get this vote on for
> the EvoltSysadmin mascot or what?