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Article #420Re: Net software recommendations
From: Rebecca and Rowland
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 00:00
Date: Wed, 03 Feb 1999 00:00
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Ben Lovejoy <ben@lovejoy.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> Well, having just been forced to do a low-level format to try to cure the
> weird system bugs mentioned in here recently, coinciding with a quiet week,
> I'm thinking that now is a sensible time to look at possible software
> changes.
>
> I'm extremely happy with Claris Emailer 2 and WhatRoute (ping, traceroute,
> etc, etc), so won't be changing those. But I'm open to suggestions for
> everything else. I've put in brackets what I'm currently using:
>
> - Newsreader (Newshopper 1.2)
MacSoup.
> - Web browser (Netscape Communicator)
The only currently sensible alternative is that MS thing which I shan't
name, unless you feel like CyberDog.
> - IRC (Ircle 3.something)
Not a clue.
> - FTP (Fetch)
If you've got a System 8.1 or above Mac, Anarchie Pro 3.5 is damned
good.
> In particular, I'm quite out of touch with video formats - I've seeing more
> and more websites with motorcycling videos, and people also email me same,
> but I haven't worked out how to view most of them. The main formats I've
> seen are .avi and .rm.
AVIs can be viewed with QT 3's movie player, but you might need to pick
up some extra extensions to read all the different AVIs that are kicking
around.
Rowland.
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Date: 1999/02/03
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