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Old August 9th 11, 03:46 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser,alt.windows98
webster72n
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"thanatoid" wrote in message
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"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.
:-)

  #22  
Old August 9th 11, 04:51 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser,alt.windows98
98 Guy
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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.
  #23  
Old August 9th 11, 06:47 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser,alt.windows98
webster72n
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"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.
  #24  
Old August 10th 11, 01:31 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser,alt.windows98
98 Guy
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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.
  #25  
Old August 11th 11, 06:26 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser,alt.windows98
thanatoid
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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.
  #26  
Old August 11th 11, 07:15 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser,alt.windows98
N. Miller
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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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Old August 12th 11, 01:11 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser,alt.windows98
98 Guy
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"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).
  #28  
Old September 7th 11, 08:03 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser,alt.windows98
webster72n
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"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).

  #29  
Old September 7th 11, 11:16 PM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser,alt.windows98
98 Guy
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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.
  #30  
Old September 8th 11, 04:00 AM posted to microsoft.public.win98.gen_discussion,microsoft.public.windows.inetexplorer.ie6.browser,alt.windows98
webster72n
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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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