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CS Wagner (kainaw@cris.com) wrote:
: 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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I too feel the same.  It is not only the users(?) of Ibrowse and Aweb, 
but many of the other find programs out there.  This contant complaining 
is not only true of Amiga users, but it is true of other platforms too.  
Just my 2 cents


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