Re: OT Thunderbird

From	keithr0 <user@account.invalid>
Newsgroups	aus.cars, aus.computers
Subject	Re: OT Thunderbird
Date	2016-10-31 16:27 +1000
Message-ID	<e7o6ifFck4oU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink)
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On 10/31/2016 7:53 AM, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
> In aus.computers Clocky <notgonn@happen.com> wrote:
>> On 30/10/2016 8:01 AM, Computer Nerd Kev wrote:
>>> In aus.cars Clocky <notgonn@happen.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> I was turned off Firefox after repeated updates didn't fix stability and
>>>> speed issues. I tried Chrome and was blown away by the speed, in
>>>> comparison so have used it since, occasionally trying latest versions of
>>>> Firefox and Opera but still not liking them.
>>>
>>> I use Dillo a lot, but I don't expect many people to join me in that camp
>>> (Windows versions can be a little buggy too). It's pretty much a protest
>>> vote against the web that simply doesn't support scripts in the first
>>> place. It runs well on the Pentium I I'm on now.
>>>
>>
>> I'll have a look at Dillo, I was unaware of it. Pentium 1 btw...  that's
>> keeping it real ;-)
>> Once upon a long ago I set up an A500 hacked with a 40Mhz MC68000 and
>> 8mb RAM running Voyager and IBrowse over an SLIP connection... not sure
>> I would have the willpower and stamina to do that today ;-)
>
> Nice. I've had a 33MHz 486 laptop with 8MB RAM browsing the web over WiFi
> (text only though). The determination of sites to force HTTPS meant that
> it wasn't completely usable last time I tried it. One of these days I
> want to program a newsreader for the Commodore 64. :)
>
I think that it has been done before, God knows why though.

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Re: OT Thunderbird felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-10-27 16:13 +1100
  Re: OT Thunderbird Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2016-10-27 17:24 +1100
    Re: OT Thunderbird Clocky <notgonn@happen.com> - 2016-10-27 16:14 +0800
      Re: OT Thunderbird Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-10-28 07:57 +1100
        Re: OT Thunderbird Clocky <notgonn@happen.com> - 2016-10-28 13:23 +0800
          Re: OT Thunderbird not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2016-10-29 01:25 +0000
            Re: OT Thunderbird Noddy <me@wardengineering.com> - 2016-10-29 12:43 +1100
              Re: OT Thunderbird Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2016-10-29 13:58 +1100
            Re: OT Thunderbird Clocky <notgonn@happen.com> - 2016-10-30 07:31 +0800
              Re: OT Thunderbird not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2016-10-30 00:01 +0000
                Re: OT Thunderbird Clocky <notgonn@happen.com> - 2016-10-30 09:07 +0800
                Re: OT Thunderbird not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2016-10-30 21:53 +0000
                Re: OT Thunderbird Clocky <notgonn@happen.com> - 2016-10-31 08:51 +0800
                Re: OT Thunderbird Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2016-10-31 15:38 +1100
                Re: OT Thunderbird Clocky <notgonn@happen.com> - 2016-10-31 19:32 +0800
                Re: OT Thunderbird Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2016-11-01 14:07 +1100
                Re: OT Thunderbird Clocky <notgonn@happen.com> - 2016-11-01 13:54 +0800
                Re: OT Thunderbird keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2016-11-01 17:52 +1000
                Re: OT Thunderbird Clocky <notgonn@happen.com> - 2016-11-01 19:30 +0800
                Re: OT Thunderbird keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2016-11-01 22:26 +1000
                Re: OT Thunderbird Clocky <notgonn@happen.com> - 2016-11-02 06:57 +0800
                Re: OT Thunderbird keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2016-11-02 15:38 +1000
                Re: OT Thunderbird Clocky <notgonn@happen.com> - 2016-11-02 20:03 +0800
                Re: OT Thunderbird Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2016-11-02 00:39 +1100
                Re: OT Thunderbird Xeno <xenolith@optusnet.com.au> - 2016-11-02 00:33 +1100
                Re: OT Thunderbird not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2016-11-03 21:25 +0000
                Re: OT Thunderbird Clocky <notgonn@happen.com> - 2016-11-04 13:52 +0800
                Re: OT Thunderbird Computer Nerd Kev <not@telling.you.invalid> - 2016-11-04 07:46 +0000
                Re: OT Thunderbird keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2016-10-31 16:27 +1000
                Re: OT Thunderbird not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2016-11-03 21:11 +0000
                Re: OT Thunderbird keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2016-11-04 13:31 +1000
                Re: OT Thunderbird Clocky <notgonn@happen.com> - 2016-11-04 13:56 +0800
                Re: OT Thunderbird keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2016-11-04 19:28 +1000
                Re: OT Thunderbird not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2016-11-04 22:59 +0000
                Re: OT Thunderbird keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2016-11-06 20:24 +1000
                Re: OT Thunderbird not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2016-11-06 21:51 +0000
                Re: OT Thunderbird keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2016-11-07 19:33 +1000
                Re: OT Thunderbird not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2016-11-07 21:28 +0000
                Re: OT Thunderbird Clocky <notgonn@happen.com> - 2016-11-06 22:27 +0800
                Re: OT Thunderbird keithr0 <user@account.invalid> - 2016-11-07 19:29 +1000
          Re: OT Thunderbird felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-10-29 14:09 +1100
            Re: OT Thunderbird Noddy <me@wardengineering.com> - 2016-10-29 16:33 +1100
              Re: OT Thunderbird Jeßus <j@j.net> - 2016-10-29 17:15 +1100
                Re: OT Thunderbird Noddy <me@wardengineering.com> - 2016-10-29 18:19 +1100
                Re: OT Thunderbird Jeßus <j@j.net> - 2016-10-29 18:55 +1100
                Re: OT Thunderbird Noddy <me@wardengineering.com> - 2016-10-29 23:52 +1100
                Re: OT Thunderbird Jeßus <j@j.net> - 2016-10-30 09:07 +1100
                Re: OT Thunderbird Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-10-30 07:19 +1100
                Re: OT Thunderbird Jeßus <j@j.net> - 2016-10-30 07:44 +1100
                Re: OT Thunderbird Clocky <notgonn@happen.com> - 2016-10-30 07:36 +0800
                Re: OT Thunderbird Jeßus <j@j.net> - 2016-10-30 11:29 +1100
                Re: OT Thunderbird Clocky <notgonn@happen.com> - 2016-10-30 13:21 +0800
            Re: OT Thunderbird Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-10-30 07:18 +1100
              Re: OT Thunderbird Jeßus <j@j.net> - 2016-10-30 07:45 +1100
                Re: OT Thunderbird not@telling.you.invalid (Computer Nerd Kev) - 2016-10-29 23:37 +0000
                Re: OT Thunderbird Jeßus <j@j.net> - 2016-10-30 11:32 +1100
                Re: OT Thunderbird Clocky <notgonn@happen.com> - 2016-11-01 10:18 +0800
              Re: OT Thunderbird Clocky <notgonn@happen.com> - 2016-10-30 07:47 +0800
              Re: OT Thunderbird felix <me@nothere.invalid> - 2016-10-30 10:56 +1100
                Re: OT Thunderbird Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-10-30 11:32 +1100
                Re: OT Thunderbird Petzl <petzlx@gmail.com> - 2016-10-30 11:40 +1100
                Re: OT Thunderbird Clocky <notgonn@happen.com> - 2016-10-30 09:09 +0800

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