a cold one..far far away..

Sun, 04 Jul 2004 01:18:23 -0400

Its kind of like having a cool Guinness, behind glass..heck..its there..and you can drink it..but don't dare touch it.Reminds me of an old Pinto I used to own.."nice car..hows it drive?" me"I don't know,it won't let me drive it"

Good News?

Sat, 03 Jul 2004 15:09:43 -0400

Hey Gary - you see, you ol' cynic you :-)

Here is relief for those still using IE - MS hasn't fixed the problem but they are offering a way to disable your browser from this specific attack. How great is that, IE users are safe again at least until tomorrow morning.

:-)

Open, Scriptable Plugins

garym — Sat, 03 Jul 2004 00:37:00 -0400

Let this be a refresher lesson for everyone depressed at the deplorable state of where the IT world has wandered of late: Open may yet win the Browser Wars!

Noted today on the Mozilla press page, the Mozilla Foundation has joined forces with, dig this, a who's who of old old-school lock-in masters such as with Adobe, Apple, and Macromedia, together with competitor Opera and free-software sugar-daddy Sun Microsystems, and together they have a plan to create a new generation of open web browser plugins with an aim to "allow web developers to offer richer web browsing experiences, helping to maintain innovation and standards on the Net."

Without these improvements, enhanced interactivity could remain tied to a single, proprietary browser solution, which reduces choice and leads to monoculture on the web.

Hmmm ... oh, really? Sound like anybody we know?

This new initiative makes enhanced interactivity available without locking users in to a specific computing platform or web browser. This will allow users to choose among a range of browsers without sacrificing interactivity.

Somebody, I say, somebody say Amen.

[ Source: Mozilla Foundation Announces More Open, Scriptable Plugins ]

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