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Article #330Re: NEWS: Free Wi-Fi still a goer in San Fran'
From: Roy
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:35
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 2008 15:35
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Jerry Peters wrote: > In alt.internet.wireless Bill Z. <nobody@nospam.pacbell.net> wrote: >> Jerry Peters <jerry@example.invalid> writes: >> >>> In alt.internet.wireless Steve Pope <spope33@speedymail.org> wrote: >>>>> Likewise, many sites cannot be navigated without accepting lots of audio >>>>> and video. There is no disincentive to them, except (maybe) lost >>>>> customers, but there's no way I can force Amazon not to have lots of >>>>> graphics that eat up bandwidth. This is not just retail sites; many B2B >>>>> sites are laden with Flash content. >>>> At least you can turn off flash. It may impair your ability >>>> to use some sites though. >>>> >>>> Steve >>> But turning it off makes most sites more usable, even with a broadband >>> link. >> ... which is one reason I don't have flash on my system - too many web >> sites abuse it. >> > I use Firefox with Flashblock and Noscript. To see the flash junk, > assuming I want to, I have to allow scripts, then click on the flash > video. Makes browsing most Flash infested sites much more pleasurable. > > I've only found a few sites which use Flash for navigation which I > actually want to look at. Mostly if the site requires Flash, I just > contiue searching for one that doesn't. > > Jerry Thanks for the info on Flashblock!
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