Need UK Connection (Re: [thelist] Anyone need a browser CD?)

[Timothy J. Luoma]

Is there anyone in the UK who would  be willing to fulfill requests from
folks "across the pond"?

TjL


On Sun, 29 Dec 2002 21:20:37 -0500, Timothy J. Luoma <luomat at operamail.com>
wrote:

>
> OK folks, it's a late Christmas present for anyone who is on a slow modem
> connection.
>
> I got a report today from someone who told me that a page of mine crashed
> her browser.  I was sure it was Netscape 4.
>
> Boy was I surprised... She was using IE 4.  Yup.  v4.72.3110 to be
> precise.
>
> I was shocked, I was appalled, I was stupified.
>
> Apparently her modem connection dies on her whenever she tries to
> download
> a large program, so she's never bothered to upgrade.
>
> Well, first I told her that she had to try Opera (since it's only 3 mb
> instead of 10, 20, 75mb like some of the others).
>
> Secondly I told her that I'd send her a CD with some newer browsers on
> it.
>
> So I've downloaded
>
> IE6 (and SP1, and the cumulative security patch for IE/6/sp1)
> Mozilla 1.2.1
> Mozilla 1.3 Alpha
> Netscape 7.01
> Opera 6.05 with Java
> Opera 7 beta2 with Java
> Phoenix 0.5
>
> That's about 190mb worth of browsers.
>
> a) Is there anything else that ought to be on that CD?
>
> b) Is there anyone else out there who needs one of these CDs?  I mean
> someone who is stuck behind an old slow modem and has put off upgrading
> because of it?  If so, send me your address and I'll try to get out CDs
> later this week.  No charge... if you want to send a couple bucks to
> someone, register Opera... if that's too much, send a donation to Evolt,
> but it's not a requirement...
>
> Hrm... I'll throw in a free PDF/DOC version of my Opera Lover series
> too.... and maybe a copy of OpenOffice.org 643C too ;-)
>
> Anyway, please reply off-list,
>
> TjL
>
> --
> Timothy Luoma <luomat at operamail.com>
> 30 Days to Becoming an Opera (6) Lover http://tntluoma.com/opera/lover/
> (an Opera7 version will follow once it is officially released)
> Opera Etc Blog: http://tntluoma.com/beyond30
>
>



--
Timothy Luoma <luomat at operamail.com>
30 Days to Becoming an Opera (6) Lover http://tntluoma.com/opera/lover/
(an Opera7 version will follow once it is officially released)
Opera Etc Blog: http://tntluoma.com/beyond30