Well for one, the delay for me getting to this task is simple... 20 plus hours of international flight last week then having to get a broadband account setup at my US address! Pfff I now have my excuse sorted so now on to work!
Task A.
For task A i am supposed to telnet to the Deakin server... So far Vista wont let me install its telnet client so i have to persevere with another program.
So i installed Absolute Telnet and i was good to go.
I typed in the relevant address and was presented with a list of options.
I then continued to browse thru the menus until i found the author Bennahum.
From here i selected the print to e-mail option and forwarded it to my e-mail address.
Job done.......
The task overall was not a difficult one, though slightly cumbersome compared to modern search engine browsing. It does still serve a purpose for a redundant measure to access material still, but with todays GUI's and search engines i think HTTP is the protocol for the masses.
TASK B.
Now after watching Blinkinlights i was amazed...
amazed at how much effort someone went into. It was a great little presentation. But as my peers have probably noted i wish there was a fast forward button somewhere. I guess thats just one of the things as a modern net user i am used to. Having more controls available to me on the media i look at.
Now in summation, i think telnet still has a need. But that need is definitely for the masses.
Telnet's interface is foreign to very new net users. No mouse control and restricted functions. While great as a start i can see how this medium was made obsolete (for the most part) to the average user.
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