[thelist] Site check: Staples.com
Joshua Olson
joshua at waetech.com
Tue Sep 20 11:51:12 CDT 2005
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Anthony Ettinger
> Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 12:37 PM
>
> > Face it, this is 2005 and people aren't running html
> > 1.0 on lynx any more.
You are making great arguments in favor of Windows here...
> Uh...I still use Lynx, sometimes that's the only
> browser I have access to. For example, I'm installing
> LInux on my desktop (no gui desktop installed yet),
> and I need a driver from ASUS.com. The problem I have
> is Lynx doesn't support frames and flash and
> javascript, which asus.com has all over the place. So
> I have to use another working comptuer to access it.
Never a problem with Windows. Even in the VGA mode the web is still
graphically available.
> The other problem I have is with my router's web-based
> configuration, again Frames and Javascript. I can ssh
> remotely to my home machine, and the only way for me
> to access the router's config utility is via lynx
> (command line browser). This makes it impossible.
I sure love Terminal Services/Remote Desktop in times like these. I still
can't fathom (and I guess I'm dense or something) why some people have a
love affair with SSH.
See, Windows ain't all that bad!
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Joshua L. Olson
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