Charlotte Foust
cfoust at infostatsystems.com
Thu Feb 20 15:31:00 CST 2003
DoubleClick doesn't even ask if you want it installed, it just goes ahead and puts a key logger on your machine ... Unless you use something like PestPatrol and specifically block these critters. Charlotte Foust -----Original Message----- From: Brett Barabash [mailto:BBarabash at tappeconstruction.com] Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 10:14 AM To: 'accessd at databaseadvisors.com' Subject: RE: RE: Netscape with IE - was RE: [AccessD] New look for ColbyConsulting >On the other hand if it wasn't an exe (possible source of a virus) the browser would just download the damned thing and you wouldn't >even know it was happening. NO NO NO NO NO!!!! This is exactly what the spyware manufacturers want! I have lost count of the number of times IE has asked me if I want to install Gator! I thank my lucky stars that my browser is paranoid enough to at least ask me before screwing up my system. Now a "Don't ask me again" feature, that would be nice... > -----Original Message----- > From: John W. Colby [mailto:jcolby at colbyconsulting.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 11:48 AM > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > Subject: RE: RE: Netscape with IE - was RE: [AccessD] New look for > ColbyConsulting > > Martin, > > >You need the flash plug in. Me I just hit the back button when I get > >a > web site like that. > > You know I can appreciate that. On the other hand if it wasn't an exe > (possible source of a virus) the browser would just download the > damned thing and you wouldn't even know it was happening. I can see > avoiding downloading something from some web site you have never heard > of, but this is common stuff, from the maker of that common stuff. > > I wanted to make my site more professional looking. I got > dreamweaver, and in a very short time (hours) got it looking a million > times better, as anyone who has seen my old site will attest to. I am > not a web designer, don't want to be a web designer, don't have the > time to be a web designer, and shouldn't HAVE TO BE a web designer to > get an EXTREMELY simple site looking good. I took what I had, > replaced the background with a more pleasant design, replaced the > links with flash images and in a matter of HOURS got a replacement > that is quite an improvement. > > Now, in order to make some off the wall browser stop doing strange > crap to the buttons, I have to spend another two hours downloading all > kinds of browsers I will never use, only to discover it is a bug in > that browser to begin with. Then I get "you shouldn't use frames", "I > just hit the back button if it needs flash", "You should design two > entirely different sites for different resolutions", "just make > everything a % of the width"... oh, and let's not forget the "just go > design 30 different graphics to represent your buttons and use > rollover"... > > HELLO OUT THERE... IS THERE INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH??? > > John W. Colby > Colby Consulting > www.ColbyConsulting.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Martin Reid > Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 11:32 AM > To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com > Subject: Re: RE: Netscape with IE - was RE: [AccessD] New look for > ColbyConsulting > > > Thats the problem usign Flash buttons as opposed to > standard graphic files. You need the flash plug in. Me I > just hit the back button when I get a web site like that. > > > Martin > > > On Thu, 20 Feb 2003 11:08:27 -0500 Bryan Carbonnell > <Bryan_Carbonnell at cbc.ca> wrote: > > > IE uses ActiveX controls for plugins. > > > > Most other browsers use Plug-Ins, which are usually separate > > downloads, > half the time requiring a restart of the browser. > > > > That's probably why. > > > > Bryan Carbonnell > > bryan_carbonnell at cbc.ca > > > > >>> jcolby at colbyconsulting.com 20-Feb-03 10:59:56 AM >>> > > Well, here's a new one. I have been viewing my site this whole > > time. Installed Mozilla and it informed my I had to download the > > flash widget (button). Why? It had to be installed for IE to run. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > Martin WP Reid > Information Services > Queens University Belfast > > Tel: (02890) 273750 > > > ---------------------- > > > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > Is email taking over your day? Manage your time with eMailBoss. > Try it free! http://www.eMailBoss.com _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com