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Re: Cool Freeware Site and Much Much More!

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From: Mike Webb
Date: Tue, 07 Apr 1998 00:00
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Tony Morgan <tonym@atomor.demon.co.uk> wrote:
TM> In article <351eca08.0@news1.ibm.net>, WeBmaster <raze2k@ibm.net> writes
TM> >By the way, just because you're too lazy to upgrade to IE4 or NS4
TM>
TM> Its people who can't be bothered to write pages that downgrade
TM> gracefully to older browsers who are lazy.

I like the button I see on some pages;
                     "Best Viewed With A BROWSER"

TM> Such people should put a banner on their entry page saying:
TM> "Unless you're running IE4 or NS4 then don't bother to visit my site
TM> because I'm a selfish pratt".

Dern tootin'!

TM> There's a lot of people using the net who can't afford the hardware to
TM> run IE4 or NS4. Ever tried running them on a 386 - or even a 66Hz 486
TM> with 16M memory?

I installed NS4 on my Pentium 133; was so disgusted at the bloated
sluggishness that it didn't last the afternoon. I'm staying at Nav Gold 3.04;
if some twit wants to write a page it can't handle, it's their loss of
business.
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From: "Mike Webb" <afn15029@afn.org>
Subject: Re: Cool Freeware Site and Much Much More!
Date: 1998/04/07
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