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SCOUG OS/2 For You - December 1997
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Webfoot,
The
Duck
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Copyright ©1997 Webfoot, The Duck. All Rights Reserved.
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Historical Duck
On the web, content is king. Far more important than glitzy
graphics, content makes people come back again and again.
Let's see how WebFoot measures this month's chosen web sites:
Ratings |
Info |
Content |
Links |
Glitz |
Type |
Site (url) and Comments |
C- |
D |
A+ |
Personal |
Warp Xperience (http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Bay/2999). A personal Warp home page with a great design. Investigate this one; some good stuff here. |
F |
A+ |
D |
User Group |
The OS/2 WWW Homepage (http://www.mit.edu:8001/activities/os2/os2world.html). Look, these are MIT guys, right? So give them a little slack. |
A |
B |
A- |
Software |
Shareware Junkies (http://www.sharewarejunkies.com). An OS/2 section and a colorful homepage warrant a perusal. |
A |
D |
D |
Rexx |
Comp.Lang.Rexx (news:comp.lang.rexx). The Duck hates Rexx. But these quackers don't. |
A |
B |
B |
Magazine |
Computerworld Magazine (http://www.computerworld.com). This big iron mag is often an OS/2 fan. A "search" on "OS/2" found 22 recent articles. |
B |
A |
B |
Java |
Java News (http://www.innoval.com/java). Products and announcements for this big, new language. |
B |
B- |
A |
Personal |
Timur Tabi's Home Page (http://www.io.com/~timur/index.html). There's enough OS/2 stuff on this personal page to warrant a quick quack. |
C- |
F |
B |
Graphics |
LogoArt from WorkLab Systems Solutions (http://www.worklab.com). LogoArt brings vector graphics to OS/2. |
B |
F |
B |
Programming |
DC Micro Development (http://www.dcmicro.com). Crusher is a cross-platform (yes, OS/2 is supported) data compression toolkit for programmers. |
F |
D- |
C+ |
User Group |
Montreal OS/2 Users Group (http://www.contact.net/os2/). Well, it's in Quebec, so first you've got to click on "English". |
This month's Duck Feather
There are a lot of OS/2 newsgroups. To see a list of them, start at http://www.dejanews.com. Then,
- Select "Browse Groups" in the left column, then search on "comp.os.os2".
- Also, select "Interest Finder" in the left column, then search on "OS/2".
The lists will be slightly different.
Comparing the Hits
(search engine results for various words or phrases)
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http://www.*.com |
Search on |
AltaVista.Digital |
Excite |
HotBot |
Infoseek |
Lycos |
Webcrawler |
Yahoo |
model trains |
4,817 |
3,330 |
3,195 |
3,604 |
598 |
334 |
64 |
reindeer |
4,840 |
8,609 |
19,298 |
9,202 |
2,777 |
788 |
25 |
Currier and Ives |
816 |
675 |
618 |
248 |
167 |
95 |
5 |
chimney |
8,069 |
19,425 |
37,746 |
20,511 |
4,901 |
1,584 |
97 |
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Historical Duck
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Copyright 1997 the Southern California OS/2 User Group. ALL RIGHTS
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SCOUG is a trademark of the Southern California OS/2 User Group.
OS/2, Workplace Shell, and IBM are registered trademarks of International
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All other trademarks remain the property of their respective owners.
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