Limited Search Ability

Bob Jackson <jackson@stsci.edu>

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Date: Mon, 18 Jan 93 16:10:21 EST
From: Bob Jackson <jackson@stsci.edu>
Message-id: <9301182110.AA20525@MARIAN.STSCI.EDU>
To: www-talk@nxoc01.cern.ch
Subject: Limited Search Ability
Reply-To: jackson@stsci.edu

In comparing the features provided by Gopher,
WAIS, and WWW, I noticed that neither WWW LineMode 
nor Viola WWW provides any search capabilities
within the text displayed.

Thus one is limited to scanning the text.  
For non-hypertext'd information, this is
a severe drawback.

Are there any plans to add this feature or is
it undesirable to do so?