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Date:	Tue, 9 Oct 2007 20:44:59 -0700
From:	J R FOX <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: SeaMonkey Problem - Solved?

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--- Ray Davison wrote:

> You keep changing the subject. Preferring OS/2 to
> Win was never in
> question. But the choice is not OS/2 or Win, it is
> use an OS with a
> functioning browser or stay home.

I don't think it's changing the subject. How vital is
Shockwave / Flash or Java (or active video inside web
page) content for most of our browsing ? I'd say --
offhand -- that at most 5 % of the websites you go to
will keep you outside the front door on account of
this. Perhaps another 15 % will give you such a
limited use of what they have to offer that it becomes
a real problem. But that still leaves 80 % !
The exceptions are quite apparent and pretty glaring,
but I'm amazed at how much typical, day-to-day
browsing I can still do from our platform. The glass
is more than half-full.

You know, I think we have a couple SCOUG members who
browse with Text Mode Only browsers. By choice ! And
yeah, it sounds kinda Jurassic to me, but hey, I guess
it must be doable.

And the safety angle is not irrelevant, it's of
fundamental value.

> How safe is Linux?

A lot safer than Windoze. So is the Mac. Market
share is what paints that huge bullseye on your back.

Jordan

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