Re: Re[2]: Ohio State HTML FAQ archive is down

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Larry W. Virden, x2487 (lvirden@cas.org)
Mon, 31 Jul 1995 09:43:49 -0400


Just a note about the URL comparing FAQ WWW sites:

>I'm finally replying to Peter's question about what I like better
>about the Utrecht and Oxford FAQ archives. I just updated my
>"Finding and Writing FAQs" page so that it includes a comparison of
>the three hypertext FAQ archives (Utrecht, Oxford, and Ohio State).
>I think most people will agree that Ohio State is at the bottom of
>list, but please send me your thoughts. Also, please send me any
>other info for my page, which is at:
>
>Primary: http://www.jazzie.com/ii/internet/faqs.html
>Mirror: http://www.best.com/~ii/internet/faqs.html

1. First I checked cs.ruu.nl for the comp.lang.tcl
FAQs. The majority of these I have had some hand in, so I had a vested
interest in seeing how they were hypertexting.

This site does not handle all URLs - just URL:ftp and
URL:http tags. URL:mailto are ignored.

See <URL:http://www.cs.ruu.nl/wais/html/na-dir/tcl-faq/part1.html>
as an example.

2. The Oxford site seems to be quite slow - it's hard to tell if it's
the server, or the contention on the overseas lines. It has
the same problem with URL:mailto tags. I don't have a URL:telnet
tag to see if that is a problem as well.

3. The problem with the URLs and Tom Fine's archive are more extensive
now under SmartPage than before. Up to about 3 months ago the Ohio
state archive had working URLs, understood relative references, and
I believe understood mailto URLs. Now under SmartPage none of these
are the case.

Oh well - there is still quite a ways to go before there is a
complete WWW FAQ archive site I guess.

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Larry W. Virden                 INET: lvirden@cas.org
In search of a new WWW home.
Unless explicitly stated to the contrary, nothing in this posting should 
be construed as representing my employer's opinions.


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