XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.software.firefox   
   From: V@nguard.LH   
      
   Frank Miller  wrote:   
      
   > Jonathan N. Little wrote:   
   >> VanguardLH wrote:   
   >>> However, is the -new-tab an available command-line argument in every web   
   >>> browser on every platform?  Probably not, and it is unlikely the OP can   
   >>> force all his students to use the same web browser.  Hell, his students   
   >>> may be on non-Windows platforms (Linux, MacOS, iOS), so his batch script   
   >>> is worthless to those students.   
   >>   
   >> OP's post was "...*Windows batch* way to make *firefox* tor browser open   
   >> tabs from a list of book sites"   
   >   
   > But that's a really valid remark from VanguardLH.   
   >   
   > The original poster Oliver stated that he wants to "send the batch file to   
   > *hundreds of others* (mostly students)". So you can guess that there's a good   
   > percentage of his recipients who have no use for a "Windows batch file",   
   > because they don't use Windows at all.   
   >   
   > And also, why should these links be opened with the Tor Browser? Wouldn't   
   > a standard installation of Firefox be sufficient?   
   > Alas the same question as above: what about the recipients who haven't   
   > installed *any* Version of Firefox at all?   
   >   
   > IMO a Windows only batch file is a really unfit starting point for the   
   > purpose of Oliver.   
      
   Maybe it's a Jonestown community where Oliver is an oppressive master.   
   Don't drink the Koolaid.   
      
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