On Oct 2, 2005, at 10:01, Marta Edie wrote: > These things always bother me. I had this url saved for awhile, but > wanted to hear from you all. The newest website isn't even offering > this ad anymore as I checked it again after mailing the address to > you all. But in general this website isn'tbad, only all these > colorful and dancing images turn me off even from recommended > webpages. I don't ever do anything when it says "free", I simply > wanted to know how you all get about sorting out the wheat from the > chaff. There are a bunch of good free programs around, but even > there I somehow can't get my finger to press the download button, > unless some group members have given the go ahead, Do you all have > guidelines when it is safe to download?
I'd just go by the policy of never clicking on banner ads, no matter how attractive. You could also go get a copy of PithHelmet http://culater.net/software/PithHelmet/PithHelmet.php so that you'll have something which blocks most all the ads. I've had it since it was free (and I then paid the $10 for it), so most all ads are now gone. It makes surfing much more enjoyable and less ADD- inducing. As for what stuff to download - I check Versiontracker every day for interesting stuff, and play around with things that show up there. Checking out sourceforge for other free stuff which can be nice. Bill -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: smime.p7s Type: application/pkcs7-signature Size: 2373 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20051002/0126b4f8/attachment.bin
