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On or about 25-Mar-96 04:30:05 CS Wagner typed the following words about "AWeb
and IBrowse".  My reply is thus...

 Hi CS,


 CW> Something has been bothering me lately. Every day there's about 50 posts
 CW> in this newsgroup and half are dedicated to spreading news about how bad
 CW> two fine programs are. These two programs, AWeb and IBrowse, are blamed
 CW> for crash after crash. This seems strange to me. Maybe it's because my
 CW> work on The Amiga Internet Guide requires that I read every program doc
 CW> in detail before using the programs. Maybe it's because I happen to be
 CW> using OS3.1 on an AGA system. But, I rarely have either program crash.
 CW> When they do, I know why - it's Microsoft's fault. They crash while
 CW> trying to process Microsoft's bastard versions of GIFs and JPEGs. Even
 CW> then, it isn't the programs that crash. It's the datatypes.

 CW> Then I see things like the running complaint about the AWeb 'divide by 0'
 CW> guru. If a program crashes immediately, wouldn't that cause even one
 CW> person to read the doc and notice that there is a home page for the
 CW> program. Amazingly, there's a bug fix right there on the home page - the
 CW> last place anyone would look, I guess.

 CW> These programs do not crash constantly when installed and set up
 CW> according to all information the authors make easily available. For
 CW> instance, IBrowse's authors advise you turn off the internal picture
 CW> decoder and use the datatypes. Why does it then surprise people when the
 CW> internet picture decoder crashes?

 CW> I am not fond of people who post 'RTFM' all the time. But, I'm also not
 CW> fond of people who incorrectly install a program and blame the author for
 CW> stupid mistakes that could have been overcome by simply taking a couple
 CW> minutes and scanning through the docs and checking out the Home Page. If
 CW> you even want to go further, you can check The Amiga Internet Guide for
 CW> installation techniques. That's what it is there for.

 CW> And yes, I do know this will get flamed, but I've kept my mouth shut too
 CW> long.

Very well said. IBrowse and AWeb work fine for me also. Very seldom crash.

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