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- From: kainaw@cris.com (CS Wagner)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: AWeb and IBrowse
- Date: 24 Mar 1996 23:30:05 GMT
- Organization: Concentric Internet Services
- Message-ID: <2195.6657T1106T2518@cris.com>
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- Something has been bothering me lately. Every day there's about 50 posts in
- this newsgroup and half are dedicated to spreading news about how bad two fine
- programs are. These two programs, AWeb and IBrowse, are blamed for crash
- after crash. This seems strange to me. Maybe it's because my work on The Amiga
- Internet Guide requires that I read every program doc in detail before using
- the programs. Maybe it's because I happen to be using OS3.1 on an AGA system.
- But, I rarely have either program crash. When they do, I know why - it's
- Microsoft's fault. They crash while trying to process Microsoft's bastard
- versions of GIFs and JPEGs. Even then, it isn't the programs that crash. It's
- the datatypes.
-
- Then I see things like the running complaint about the AWeb 'divide by 0'
- guru. If a program crashes immediately, wouldn't that cause even one person to
- read the doc and notice that there is a home page for the program. Amazingly,
- there's a bug fix right there on the home page - the last place anyone would
- look, I guess.
-
- These programs do not crash constantly when installed and set up according to
- all information the authors make easily available. For instance, IBrowse's
- authors advise you turn off the internal picture decoder and use the
- datatypes. Why does it then surprise people when the internet picture decoder
- crashes?
-
- I am not fond of people who post 'RTFM' all the time. But, I'm also not fond
- of people who incorrectly install a program and blame the author for stupid
- mistakes that could have been overcome by simply taking a couple minutes and
- scanning through the docs and checking out the Home Page. If you even want to
- go further, you can check The Amiga Internet Guide for installation
- techniques. That's what it is there for.
-
- And yes, I do know this will get flamed, but I've kept my mouth shut too long.
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