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Internet Explorer users 'have below-average IQ'
"thanatoid" wrote in message ... "BillW50" wrote in : In , thanatoid wrote: Bill Blanton wrote in ng.com: Most Firefox users are dumber IMHO. In a way. They're dumber because they don't realize FF is just as unsafe unless you install a whole batch of add-ons. In the early days of FFox's rise, after trying it and being TOTALLY disgusted, I called it "IE for people who like to say they are too smart to use IE" for a while. Luckily I don't use either very much. But most Firefox users somehow believe they are protected and they leave themselves wide open. And if you check out the infection rate, FF and IE is going neck and neck. And I can't believe Mozilla leaves DCOM wide open (like ActiveX under IE). They should know better, but they never had done nothing about it. If Microsoft acted so stupid, we would never hear the end of it. ;-) Yeah, like with Linux, there's a strange silence surrounding ANY problems in the FFox camps. I have stuck by Opera since I discovered it, at ver. 5.x, and it is just reassuring to always see data about it being the best- maintained and safest browser. It has been this way consistently since the beginning. While also the most innovative browser, it always had Flash problems, but it's not the only browser that did, and they have fixed it with 10. Also, it was always the fastest, now 3 are about the same and one trails behind a bit. I agree there is a much steeper learning curve with Opera, while other browsers are "use out of the box", and it took SOME time to find out how to set it up the way I wanted, but it was worth it. A major release always tends to have some VERY irritating new features (whose value I sometimes see later, and after the initial annoyance, I actually consider putting them back in), but I know of no other fully functional browser which is as customizable and which writes ONE line to the registry (on my system, anyway) and which behaves exactly as you want it. I have NOT tried Chrome, but I distrust Google more than MS at this point. You seem to be sold on 'Opera', that's fine. When I compare the latest version with IE 9, the latter comes out on top, no matter what. To compare a browser with intelligence is silly, to say the least. It has to do with personal preference, nothing else. OffByOne remains the fastest and safest, but it has a few limitations (which I see as assets) which most people seem unable to tolerate. But for me, the less "page design" and pointless graphics I see, the better. And NOTHING beats no script and no popups and no Flash by design. :-) |
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Internet Explorer users 'have below-average IQ'
webster72n wrote:
What webster wrote can't really be figured out because of the posting style he uses. He does not appear to use quoting characters (such as "") to indicate the material he's quoting. Because he doesn't do that, I can't figure out where hemorroid's post ends and his begins. |
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Internet Explorer users 'have below-average IQ'
"98 Guy" wrote in message ... webster72n wrote: What webster wrote can't really be figured out because of the posting style he uses. He does not appear to use quoting characters (such as "") to indicate the material he's quoting. Because he doesn't do that, I can't figure out where hemorroid's post ends and his begins. Utterly quarrelsome! I use what I've got, not what I choose. Most people can figure it out. If your hemorrhoids are that much of a problem, you should have them removed. |
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webster72n wrote:
What webster wrote can't really be figured out because of the posting style he uses. He does not appear to use quoting characters (such as "") to indicate the material he's quoting. Because he doesn't do that, I can't figure out where hemorroid's post ends and his begins. Utterly quarrelsome! I'm giving you constructive criticism. I use what I've got, not what I choose. X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail What the hell kind of piece of garbage is that? I use what I've got, not what I choose. You can use any number of free software programs designed to read and post to usenet. It's your choice. You're not forced to use "Microsoft Windows Live Mail". Most people can figure it out. Fewer people are willing to have a cogent and understandible conversation when they have to substantially re-format your posts. If your hemorrhoids are that much of a problem, you should have them removed. Your lame attempt at sarcastic humor has been noted. |
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Internet Explorer users 'have below-average IQ'
98 Guy wrote in :
webster72n wrote: What webster wrote can't really be figured out because of the posting style he uses. He does not appear to use quoting characters (such as "") to indicate the material he's quoting. Because he doesn't do that, I can't figure out where hemorroid's post ends and his begins. If you insist on using that very clever mod of my nick, at least learn to spell it right. |
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Internet Explorer users 'have below-average IQ'
On Mon, 08 Aug 2011 23:51:00 -0400, 98 Guy wrote:
What webster wrote can't really be figured out because of the posting style he uses. He does not appear to use quoting characters (such as "") to indicate the material he's quoting. Because he doesn't do that, I can't figure out where hemorroid's post ends and his begins. He is using a lame newsreader: | X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 15.4.3508.1109 Somewhere, among the recent updates, the programmers borked its ability to properly quote news articles. Beyond the breakage in the original MS Outlook Express, that is. Then they decided to call their breakage a, "feature", and left it alone. WLM can't quote properly because the programmers gave up trying to make it work right. -- Norman ~Oh Lord, why have you come ~To Konnyu, with the Lion and the Drum |
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Internet Explorer users 'have below-average IQ'
"N. Miller" wrote:
What webster wrote can't really be figured out because of the posting style he uses. He is using a lame newsreader: | X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 15.4.3508.1109 WLM can't quote properly because the programmers gave up trying to make it work right. That's in keeping with Microsoft's motto: "If it works, it's not complicated enough" Webster will probably come back and defend his choice in news reader, regardless how borken it is. Google-groupers all across usenet are doing the same (google's web interface to usenet seems to have stopped working for the better part of this last week - might still be that way for all I know). |
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Internet Explorer users 'have below-average IQ'
"98 Guy" wrote in message ... "N. Miller" wrote: What webster wrote can't really be figured out because of the posting style he uses. He is using a lame newsreader: | X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 15.4.3508.1109 WLM can't quote properly because the programmers gave up trying to make it work right. That's in keeping with Microsoft's motto: "If it works, it's not complicated enough" Webster will probably come back and defend his choice in news reader, regardless how borken it is. I don't recall ever defending it, I simply use it because it's there and of my failure in successfully trying other news readers. If its offending you so much, I can do without it. Have a nice day. Harry. Google-groupers all across usenet are doing the same (google's web interface to usenet seems to have stopped working for the better part of this last week - might still be that way for all I know). |
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Internet Explorer users 'have below-average IQ'
webster72n wrote:
He is using a lame newsreader: | X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 15.4.3508.1109 Webster will probably come back and defend his choice in news reader, regardless how borken it is. I don't recall ever defending it, I said you'd *probably come back here* and defend the crippled news reader known as Windoze Live Mail. I didn't say that you DID defend it. But it looks like it's such a good news reader, that it takes you a month to discover when someone posts a reply to your post. So I don't expect to see you again until October. I simply use it because it's there and of my failure in successfully trying other news readers. You are either a boob or you haven't tried very hard. I use Netscape Communicator 4.79 for reading news. It can be downloaded from he http://downloads.5star-network.com/I...t/cc32d478.exe Here's what the user-interface looks like: http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/7/.../navigator.gif Very fast and efficient and organized way to read and post to usenet. A huge advantage of using a usenet client running on your own computer is that a copy of every post you make is stored locally on your own system - exactly the same way that copies of e-mail you send are stored locally in a "sent" folder. When you want to search for something you posted in the past, it's much faster to search your own local sent folder than to use Google's incredibly broken usenet search interface to search their usenet archive. |
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"98 Guy" wrote in message ... webster72n wrote: He is using a lame newsreader: | X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 15.4.3508.1109 Webster will probably come back and defend his choice in news reader, regardless how borken it is. I don't recall ever defending it, I said you'd *probably come back here* and defend the crippled news reader known as Windoze Live Mail. I didn't say that you DID defend it. But it looks like it's such a good news reader, that it takes you a month to discover when someone posts a reply to your post. So I don't expect to see you again until October. I simply use it because it's there and of my failure in successfully trying other news readers. You are either a boob or you haven't tried very hard. I use Netscape Communicator 4.79 for reading news. It can be downloaded from he http://downloads.5star-network.com/I...t/cc32d478.exe Sorry, but my system tells me that this is an incorrect link. Yet, not to worry, I have it already on my machine, except for the fact that I have to set it up and provide my personal information, which is where I stalled... Here's what the user-interface looks like: http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/7/.../navigator.gif Very fast and efficient and organized way to read and post to usenet. A huge advantage of using a usenet client running on your own computer is that a copy of every post you make is stored locally on your own system - exactly the same way that copies of e-mail you send are stored locally in a "sent" folder. When you want to search for something you posted in the past, it's much faster to search your own local sent folder than to use Google's incredibly broken usenet search interface to search their usenet archive. |
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