[arachne] Re: handheld printer

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Wiz,
          That "IF" is just wishful dreaming!!
As you see, very, very ,very few pages
are designed to load efficiently or designed
for "any browser".
       The webpage programmers have been
indoctrinated to tell the user what browser
and other programs he must use to visit
their webpage......AS IF they are providing
the user a favor to let them see what the
webpage is advertising. And I think it is the
programmers fault.  I don't think most companies
paying for webpage services realize how they
are losing business because they have poor
webpage designs.

Eric  

On Tue, 26 May 2009 10:09:33 -0500 Glenn Gilbreath Jr.
<wizard57m@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
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> Eric,
> That "if" is a big one, though!  I cut my teeth on the Internet in 
> almost pure text only, image files were ASCII art stuff, maybe a 
> small PCX or GIF...capabilities increased, modem speeds went up, and 
> general "stuff" became bigger...now image files in JPEG format can 
> be HUGE...I know, family members just love to send pics, but even 
> with 56k on dialup fetching a 2 meg image file is going to take a 
> few minutes...then I would take that same image, convert the size 
> and compression, and return it with a size 10 percent what was sent. 
>  Now imagine loading a MySpace or Facebook page, with multiple 
> pics...it can even strain broadband connections.  I don't think 
> MySpace junkies are going to be open to suggestions to not bulk up 
> their pages, so I don't visit too often.
> Guess I'm outta that loop, hehe...oh, and don't get me started on 
> that waste called "blogging"....sheesh.
> Wiz 
> 
> Wizard57M
> Glenn Gilbreath Jr.
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: "Eric S. Emerson" <wildrice5@xxxxxxxx>
> To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: 5/26/2009 12:15 PM
> Subject: [arachne] Re: handheld printer
> 
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> Wiz,
>          If the webpage writers would just
> write the pages appropriately, then NO ONE
> would be left out.  Webpages can be written
> to work with most browsers if the authors
> know how or if the webpage generators
> were setup to do that. It would probably even
> be advantageous for the comercial websites.
> 
> Eric  
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 26 May 2009 08:19:17 -0500 Glenn Gilbreath Jr.
> <wizard57m@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> > Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
> > 
> > And if nobody used digital cameras, my old 35mm would be just 
> fine, 
> > if nobody used cell phones, the old land line would 
> > suffice...technology changes, society changes, usage changes...we 
> as 
> > members of society have to change as well, or risk being left out 
> of 
> > the loop so to speak.
> > Wiz
> > 
> > Wizard57M
> > Glenn Gilbreath Jr.
> > http://members.surfbest.net/wizard57m@xxxxxxxxxxxx/index.html
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: "Samuel W. Heywood" <sheywood@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: arachne@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: 5/26/2009 7:31 AM
> > Subject: [arachne] Re: handheld printer
> > 
> > Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
> > 
> > On Tue, 2009-05-26 at 06:04 -0400, Sam Ewalt wrote:
> > > Arachne at FreeLists---The Arachne Fan Club!
> > > 
> > > On Mon, May 25, 2009 9:51 pm, Glenn Gilbreath Jr. wrote:
> > > 
> > > > As for "life" of a PC, nobody has defined that.  I would put 
> it 
> > at no more
> > > > than 3 yrs, because in 3 yrs the capabilities have more than 
> > doubled
> > > > twice.
> > > > Wiz
> > > 
> > > Some things last and some things don't. Hardware is mostly
> > > ephemeral. 
> > 
> > I have several computers made during the 1980's that still work 
> > just fine, even for surfing the internet, but only on web pages 
> > that were created and designed according to the standards of the 
> > good old days - that means mostly text and few graphics and no 
> > JavaScript.
> > 
> > Old computers will last a very long time.
> > 
> > What did not last for very long were the old standards for 
> > creating and designing web pages.
> > 
> > Nowadays there just aren't a whole lot of really nice web pages 
> > out there that still conform to the old standards.
> > 
> > If all the authors of web pages would just simply conform to the 
> > old standards, then there would be very few home computer users 
> > feeling a need to upgrade their computers.
> > 
> > Sam Heywood  
> 
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