16 May
1999
16 May
'99
4:44 p.m.
Way off topic here, and rantish to boot, but just to give y'all a heads up
- Don't install Internet Explorer 5. Bunches of reasons, but my big one is
this:
If you are ill advised enough to uninstall explorer 4, you *can't* get 5
off your system. And at least when I tried it has destabilized my system
to the point my desktop crashes about every 10 minutes. I'll be migrating
to BeOS as soon as they mail my copy to me. *grumble*
On the other hand, and considerably more on topic, the new hobbiest media
for openVMS is supposedly going to be available on the 18th of this month from
http://www.montagar.com/hobbyist/media.html.
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Jim Strickland
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16 May
16 May
5:31 p.m.
Way off topic here, and rantish to boot, but just to
give y'all a heads up
- Don't install Internet Explorer 5. Bunches of reasons, but my big one is
this:
If you are ill advised enough to uninstall explorer 4, you *can't* get 5
off your system. And at least when I tried it has destabilized my system
to the point my desktop crashes about every 10 minutes. I'll be migrating
to BeOS as soon as they mail my copy to me. *grumble*
On the other hand, and considerably more on topic, the new hobbiest media
for openVMS is supposedly going to be available on the 18th of this month from
http://www.montagar.com/hobbyist/media.html.
Note, the 18th isn't set in stone, they plan on making a big announcement
in the newsgroups and on their web page once it's available. I sure hope
it's by the 18th :^)
On the topic of Web Browsers, be aware the OpenVMS version of Netscape 3.0
has problems with 8-bit displays. A good example is www.zdnet.com, it's
pretty much unviewable from OpenVMS if you're running Netscape. IIRC,
Mosaic has the same problem. Nothing like a black page when you get to the
article you want. If you've a 24-bit display there doesn't seem to be a
problem, but since my Mac is my 24-bit display for OpenVMS I won't
guarentee it.
Zane
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8:29 p.m.
New subject: Rantish Warning about IE 5.
Way off topic here, and rantish to boot, but just to
give y'all a heads up
- Don't install Internet Explorer 5. Bunches of reasons, but my big one is
this:
If you are ill advised enough to uninstall explorer 4, you *can't* get 5
off your system. And at least when I tried it has destabilized my system
to the point my desktop crashes about every 10 minutes. I'll be migrating
to BeOS as soon as they mail my copy to me. *grumble*
Jim Strickland
jim(a)DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com
Boy, my results are very different. IE5 seems to be quicker and more
stable than IE 4.02 (the y2k compliant IE4.)
I've just started testing it and was considering making it the standard
browser at work.
Like the rest of Microsoft it appears Your Mileage May Vary.
Of course this is with the retail Win95 with the y2k patches rather than
OSR 2.x and without the active desktop stuff installed.
I'll have to test it on NT as well.
Bill
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