On Sun, 30 Jul 2000 05:10:28 +0300, Or Botton wrote:
> [going up on the soap box]
> I agree with LD, with only probebly one diffrance: What I like to say
> is, "if you cant join them, bypass them.". That is, if a site, for
> example, require you to have "this and that" kind of thing to access
> their site, and you know that your machine cant handle it, then instead
> of going with the flow - just do something that will simply allow you
> to skip it.
> Glenn's shockwave file URL extractor is a good example. :)
> We dont really want shockwave (most of us, anyway), and Arachne was
> primary designed for machines that cant handle too much bloat.
> So instead of getting a real shockwave plugin, you can simply
> take the file, take out the really important stuff, and continue
> on your way - without all the bells and whistels.
> [stepping down from the soap box.]
Yes, I agree that bypassing the shocked pages would be sufficient. I
notice that a lot of A16x users have pentiums... Perhaps a full plugin
would be welcom by quite a few of them...
- Pete Randolph -
- Morristown Corners, Vermont -
