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[Lee Forrest <lforrestster AT gmail.com>]

On Sat, Feb 17, 2007 at 11:46:30PM +0000, Lee Forrest wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 18, 2007 at 12:20:31AM +0000, sindi keesan wrote:
> > On Mon, 12 Feb 2007, David Moberg wrote:
> [delete]
> > The next project would be lynx (2.8.6rel.4) to replace David's 
> > 2.8.6dev16 which was rather buggy (could not access a lot of websites).
> 
> It's not right to call a web-browser that can't access a lot
> websites, "buggy".
> 
> Most websites are created to be accessed by the latest MSIE, and
> its various clones, which are always changing. And always will
> be. That's one of the main ways that M$ maintains control of the
> Internet and thus (basically) forces people to use its OS.
> 
> And basically forces them to have high-speed connections.

I forgot something very important here:

And also forces them to either buy new computers or new 
peripherals. Hardware, in either case.

> This is a situation that I personally find infuriating. 
> 
> More and more, as time goes by, if I come upon a website that doesn't
> conform to what I have heard called "the magazine standard" (what you
> see on the web is what you see if you print out the page) I just move
> on. 
> 
> Or that has a hundred images when one or none would do.
> 
> I am not going to be led around by the nose by M$ and those in the linux
> world who seemed determined to turn linux into a windows clone.
> 
> (Redhat/Suse/Mandrake, etc.)
> 
> [delete]

Lee

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