[H-GEN] Re: Stalling Netscape
Jason Henry Parker
jasonp at uq.net.au
Tue Apr 17 01:29:45 EDT 2001
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to drag it back on-topic. I think this is only *just* on-topic as is.]
On Tue, Apr 17, 2001 at 02:36:25PM +1000, Raymond Smith wrote:
> It has been my experience that all browsers suck.
All software sucks. Period. Even emacs sucks. Even vi sucks.
Even---dare I say it---Perl sucks. And yes, Linux sucks, Debian sucks,
Unix sucks, and I'm even sure that if someone should ever *build*
a Turing Machine, infinite tape and all, that it would suck. Mightily.
To get back on-topic: Yes, Netscape has been blowing goats for years;
I'm not at all surprised to hear Frank has been having problems. In fact
I'm wondering why they didn't become apparent years earlier. I think
the *big* difference between netscape and my browser of choice[1] is
that there is NO SOURCE available for Netscape. Not even just to read,
let alone fix.
This wouldn't be mortally wounding in and of itself except that Netscape
*also* has abysmal error reporting. In an application meant to be the
be-all and end-all when it comes to accessing content on the net, this
is absofuckinglutely unforgivable.
If I simply have to use it, I will. I've even installed it at home to
make things easier for other people who use my machine (now uninstalled,
long story, not available on request) but otherwise I'll use a browser
that doesn't make a total dog's breakfast of things by DELIBERATELY
LYING TO THE USER about what's happening as a matter of course.
DeRant. Of course, Martin's advice is by far the best.
jason
[1] : At this point in time, that's w3m, the next generation text-only
browser, or w3 mode for emacs, the last geneartion text-only
broswer. Please do not respond telling me they're not useful for
doing X. If I can't do X in w3m or w3, and you're not paying me
for it, I don't want to do it, and I don't care about fixing it.
--
Windows is user-friendly, but with friends like that . . .
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