-Caveat Lector- Don Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -Caveat Lector- > > Found on the web at http://www.ascension.com, on their home page: > > --- > > Got Java? > If you don't have the Java2 platform installed on your system, this applet > will download it for you. It is approx. 10 MEGS, but then you won't have to > download it again, for this site or others that use Java2. Your system may > appear to hang for a few seconds while the applet initializes, this is normal. > > --- > > Unless you are willing to spend hours and hours d/l the "java2 platform", you > are left looking at a blank index page with no alternative method of > navigation. > > Dumb..really dumb. > > It's also impolite and lazy. Website authors should always take into account users with slow connections and older machines; virtually every text on website design I've seen has urged you to include a link to a "low-tech" version of each page. There is no excuse for the sort of behavior that Don reports here. IMHO. Bob ================================= Robert F. Tatman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Remove "nospam" from the address to reply. NOTICE: In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml POSTING THIS MESSAGE TO THE INTERNET DOES NOT IMPLY PERMISSION TO SEND UNSOLICITED COMMERCIAL E-MAIL (SPAM) TO THIS OR ANY OTHER INTERNET ADDRESS. RECEIPT OF SPAM WILL RESULT IN IMMEDIATE NOTIFICATION OF THE SENDER'S ISP. ____________________________________________________________________ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com. DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
