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|    Joe Zeff to Steve de Mena    |
|    Re: Microsoft returning Windows to "the     |
|    13 May 12 05:49:26    |
      XPost: comp.sys.mac.advocacy, alt.comp.os.windows-xp, alt.os.windows-xp       XPost: comp.ms.windows.advocacy       From: the.guy.with.the.sideburns@lasfs.info              On Sat, 12 May 2012 15:52:59 -0700, Steve de Mena wrote:              > FULL browsers, not apps that are re-skinned Safari browsers or proxy       > browsers like "Opera Mini" that retrieve the web page on their own       > server then pull it to you compressed as a static web page (requiring       > you to retrieve the whole page again if there is any active content like       > a pulldown calendar window              And that means that if their servers go down[1] or lose connectivity,       you're "browser" is dead in the water. Smooth move, Mr. Exlax!              [1]Yes, yes, I know: nice servers don't go down.              --       Joe Zeff -- The Guy With The Sideburns:       http://www.zeff.us http://www.lasfs.info       I've been working like I was still in Egypt.              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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