🚀 go-pugleaf

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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