re: The relative ease of tasks under ______
Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 9:30 am
Windows 98 Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by sekirt
(297 messages posted)
Thanks.
A "NoScript extension" would be against my very nature
though. That is one thing I want my browser to do,
handle scripts.
sekirt
On Thursday, December 10, 2009 at 9:13 am, gewg_ wrote:
>sekirt wrote:
>|I got the lyrics though! Yay!
>|
>Here's how I get lyrics:
>http://google.com/search?q=Lyrics+"Walk.Of.Life"&num=100
>Middle-click[1] on the Cached link to get the results in a new tab.
>If your connection is slow and/or your reaction time is fast,
>you can use the Stop button or Esc key to interrupt the retrieval;
>append &strip=1 to the URL and hit Enter.
>(If you didn't interupt before the page started displaying,
>hit Ctrl+Enter and that will give you a fresh tab (again: [1]).)
>Now you get the page without graphics[2] and WITHOUT SCRIPTS.
>
>I note that Google _used_ to also include page sizes in their listings
>(which were a lot more useful than those stupid Similar links that they kept).
>
>In addition, routinely using a NoScript extension would avoid a lot of nasties.
>The one for Mozilla/Gecko browsers is exceptionally useful as it can whitelist;
>there are several (lesser efforts) floating around for Internet Exploder as well.
>...and pages that won't do squat without scripts running, I can do without.
>
>gewg_ wrote:
>||http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=1196
>
>|"10 Windows features I would like to see in Linux"
>|
>|At least the guy is fair.
>|
>Well, on Item 10 he missed mentioning the 3rd-party SysInfo utilities for Windoze
>--but, yeah--he did back up his opinions with hard facts at every turn.
>
>It's difficult to find a point at which Linux isn't superior in the way it does
things.
>"Windoze does things the way I'm used to"
>is NOT the same as "Windoze is easier".
>Old addage: "The only intuitive interface is the nipple; everything else is learned."
>...and with Linux, learning new tricks not only makes things easier,
>you can often do things that aren't even possible
>with systems running M$'s junk (with the GUI-centric ecosystem).
>
>Where Linux REALLY shines relative to M$'s skimpy offerings
>is getting it to do stuff that doesn't come with the base install.
>Vetted repositories of software are SO cool
>and Linux package managers just leave Windoze users with their jaws agape.[3]
>
>OTOH, with Windoze, you do A LOT of searching for 3rd-party stuff
>and have to go to a lot of potentially dodgy sites to get those.
>Add in a browser that is infection-friendly and a naive user
>--or just an unlucky user--and you have a recipe for disaster.
>In short: The antithesis of Linux.
>
>
>[1] I'm ASSuMEing a Mozilla/Gecko browser. YMMV.
>
>[2] Background images excepted--unless you have an extension to handle those.
>
>[3] Being able to actually USE the computer during an update/install process
>just blows the minds of Windoze users. No reboots is very cool as well.
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