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- From: jsburger@xmission.com (John S. Burger)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: AWeb and IBrowse
- Date: 27 Mar 96 13:55:51 +0500
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- On or about 25-Mar-96 04:30:05 CS Wagner typed the following words about "AWeb
- and IBrowse". My reply is thus...
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- Hi CS,
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- CW> Something has been bothering me lately. Every day there's about 50 posts
- CW> in this newsgroup and half are dedicated to spreading news about how bad
- CW> two fine programs are. These two programs, AWeb and IBrowse, are blamed
- CW> for crash after crash. This seems strange to me. Maybe it's because my
- CW> work on The Amiga Internet Guide requires that I read every program doc
- CW> in detail before using the programs. Maybe it's because I happen to be
- CW> using OS3.1 on an AGA system. But, I rarely have either program crash.
- CW> When they do, I know why - it's Microsoft's fault. They crash while
- CW> trying to process Microsoft's bastard versions of GIFs and JPEGs. Even
- CW> then, it isn't the programs that crash. It's the datatypes.
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- CW> Then I see things like the running complaint about the AWeb 'divide by 0'
- CW> guru. If a program crashes immediately, wouldn't that cause even one
- CW> person to read the doc and notice that there is a home page for the
- CW> program. Amazingly, there's a bug fix right there on the home page - the
- CW> last place anyone would look, I guess.
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- CW> These programs do not crash constantly when installed and set up
- CW> according to all information the authors make easily available. For
- CW> instance, IBrowse's authors advise you turn off the internal picture
- CW> decoder and use the datatypes. Why does it then surprise people when the
- CW> internet picture decoder crashes?
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- CW> I am not fond of people who post 'RTFM' all the time. But, I'm also not
- CW> fond of people who incorrectly install a program and blame the author for
- CW> stupid mistakes that could have been overcome by simply taking a couple
- CW> minutes and scanning through the docs and checking out the Home Page. If
- CW> you even want to go further, you can check The Amiga Internet Guide for
- CW> installation techniques. That's what it is there for.
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- CW> And yes, I do know this will get flamed, but I've kept my mouth shut too
- CW> long.
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- Very well said. IBrowse and AWeb work fine for me also. Very seldom crash.
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