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When going to download MS Windows 7 RC from the official Microsoft product page, Microsoft forces us to register first. That registration page however, shows up empty. Turns out that javascript and iframes need to be enabled, but there is no indication of that, anywhere. Thus, in the category "Your ...
When web and software applications fail to work as expected, it will be noted. Read and learn . Articles available in the languages Dutch and English alike.
Sample of the arrangement 'Maol Chinn Tire' by composer A.E.Veltstra . 2min. 38sec., 2.5 MB. 2008-10-26. Original 'Mull of Kintyre', by Paul McCartney and Denny Laine (1977). Arranged for woodwind band in an upbeat marching tempo (120 bpm). (Ska version available: 180 - 200 bpm.)
WAPped versions of web sites are expected to offer less bling than their desktop counterparts. So what possible reason could a news agency have to deny access to its articles for people who access those articles via mobile phone? In the category "Your Money Isn't Good Enough", a Failure Note for the ...
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Lorenzo Celsi # 25. August 2009, 07:46
Plugins (including Flash) actually are external programs that are invoked by the browser. As result, plugins can do anything and add any sort of bug or exploit to the browser. And the fun part is nobody can do anything about it besides the plugin authors (of course, besides removing the plugin).
For sure a browser without plugins is MUCH safer and probably also more efficient in terms of RAM and CPU.
So we get to the real point. It is not the software, it is the Web sites. You should better to not embed any object in a Web page that requires a plugin.
On a side note: last time I updated Windows XP I got something like 200MB .Net update which included a sort of Firefox extension for handling .Net Web applications which is "installed" via some registry keys and not with the provided "addons" mechanism. As result it cannot be "installed/removed" in the usual way. Speaking of nasty "plugins".