> And, along the vein of denial of service, the following URL confirms my > suspicions about M$ actively engineering its web sites to block older > browsers (e.g. hotmail takes FOREVER to load on Netscape 4.x): > > <http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,5098840,00.html?chkpt=zdnnp1t > p02>
You were just "suspicious"? :) MS started blocking/causing problems with alternate browsers just before activeX was released... Years ago. If anything, ActiveX was the real technology that was supposed to turn the internet into an MS selling point (kind of like flash... If you don�t download flash, there are a lot of sites you can't view now)... It got a lot of press and such, but for one reason or another activeX never really became what MS wanted it to. That is changing now that MS has so, so much market share. ie, recently there was a big hullaballoo over quicktime not working in IE- it does, you just have to reference it with activeX, or use embed and activex calls... Most designers/etc will go the easy route and just use activeX, momentum begets momentum, etc... So, off and on for the last 4-5 years MS either locks out some browsers or has a hand in big sites that lock them out- then they back pedal... If anything I think it is just a way to gauge reaction, as each time the backlash is less and less. > I too was intending to dump hotmail (that account) for a while & I've now > switched LEM mailing lists to a Mac.com account and have to say I'm > thrilled: it's soooooooooo much more responsive than a hotmail account (in > Outlook Express) and I no longer have to click "Send and Receive Messages" > three times to send an e-mail. I use a mac.com email addy for mailing lists- you have to realize you're talking about two completely differen't services. A more balanced comparision would be mac.com vs. softhome.net. It's very cool that apple gives it away- but mac.com is getting kind of notorious for services outages, mail delays, attachments/messages being blocked or returned, etc. :( I wouldn't make it your primary account if you have stuff that =has= to get out. -- Michael Bryan Bell http://homepage.mac.com/michael_bell/ -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
