>Way off topic here, and rantish to boot, but just to give y'all a heads up
>- Don't install Internet Explorer 5. Bunches of reasons, but my big one is
>this:
>
>If you are ill advised enough to uninstall explorer 4, you *can't* get 5
>off your system. And at least when I tried it has destabilized my system
>to the point my desktop crashes about every 10 minutes. I'll be migrating
>to BeOS as soon as they mail my copy to me. *grumble*
>
>On the other hand, and considerably more on topic, the new hobbiest media
>for openVMS is supposedly going to be available on the 18th of this month from
>http://www.montagar.com/hobbyist/media.html.
Note, the 18th isn't set in stone, they plan on making a big announcement
in the newsgroups and on their web page once it's available. I sure hope
it's by the 18th :^)
On the topic of Web Browsers, be aware the OpenVMS version of Netscape 3.0
has problems with 8-bit displays. A good example is www.zdnet.com, it's
pretty much unviewable from OpenVMS if you're running Netscape. IIRC,
Mosaic has the same problem. Nothing like a black page when you get to the
article you want. If you've a 24-bit display there doesn't seem to be a
problem, but since my Mac is my 24-bit display for OpenVMS I won't
guarentee it.
Zane
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Received on Mon May 17 1999 - 00:31:08 BST