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- From: zieman@earth.execpc.com (Glenn Zieman)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.networking
- Subject: Re: AWeb and IBrowse
- Date: 2 Apr 1996 16:00:58 GMT
- Organization: Exec-PC
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- CS Wagner (kainaw@cris.com) wrote:
- : 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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- I too feel the same. It is not only the users(?) of Ibrowse and Aweb,
- but many of the other find programs out there. This contant complaining
- is not only true of Amiga users, but it is true of other platforms too.
- Just my 2 cents
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