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| Started by | Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> |
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| First post | 2015-11-23 12:54 -0800 |
| Last post | 2015-11-26 00:23 +0000 |
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Re: Forth at GitHub Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> - 2015-11-23 12:54 -0800
Re: Forth at GitHub Alfred Singlestone <vitonis@gmail.com> - 2015-11-24 08:09 -0800
Re: Forth at GitHub Unknown <dog@gmail.com> - 2015-11-26 00:23 +0000
| From | Chris Curl <ccurl609@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2015-11-23 12:54 -0800 |
| Subject | Re: Forth at GitHub |
| Message-ID | <a3d106ef-e22c-44d5-a75c-40b37a6437b9@googlegroups.com> |
The problem I have with the new browsers and websites is the bloat. They put so much extra stuff in them that I neither need or want, and all I get is something that uses more and more of the computer's resources. It is no wonder that we now "need" multiple GBs of ram and all the extra horsepower ... it's all the extra "bells and whistles" they put in there. Last winter, the Yahoo! folks, in their ultimate wisdom, decided to add a snow falling effect to their email inbox page. It was really annoying. And to top it off, they didn't include a way to disable it. And don't even get me started on all those "news" sites that have all the videos that load and play automatically when you browse to the page ...
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| From | Alfred Singlestone <vitonis@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2015-11-24 08:09 -0800 |
| Message-ID | <fb3ffa4f-ad01-46c5-825e-26ff82b179e6@googlegroups.com> |
| In reply to | #43685 |
On Monday, November 23, 2015 at 3:54:32 PM UTC-5, Chris Curl wrote: > The problem I have with the new browsers and websites is the bloat. They put so much extra stuff in them that I neither need or want, and all I get is something that uses more and more of the computer's resources. It is no wonder that we now "need" multiple GBs of ram and all the extra horsepower ... it's all the extra "bells and whistles" they put in there. Elinks!
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| From | Unknown <dog@gmail.com> |
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| Date | 2015-11-26 00:23 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <pan.2015.11.26.00.25.06@gmail.com> |
| In reply to | #43685 |
On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 12:54:19 -0800, Chris Curl wrote: > The problem I have with the new browsers and websites is the bloat. They > put so much extra stuff in them that I neither need or want, and all I > get is something that uses more and more of the computer's resources. It > is no wonder that we now "need" multiple GBs of ram and all the extra > horsepower ... it's all the extra "bells and whistles" they put in > there. > I absolutely agree: it's the crude bigger-is-better/infinite-frontier Californian mentality. > Last winter, the Yahoo! folks, in their ultimate wisdom, decided to add > a snow falling effect to their email inbox page. It was really annoying. > And to top it off, they didn't include a way to disable it. > > And don't even get me started on all those "news" sites that have all > the videos that load and play automatically when you browse to the page > ... I mostly use lynx/links to 'fetch' [pre-considered files]. Surfing is 'going nowhere and waiting to fall off'; it seems fun in the ocean. Browsing is for dummies.
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