eBay is useless now!

[scuzzb494]

Hi

Giggles.... sorry. Not if you use an old browser. The page is just the same as ever... Explorer 5.5 and Win98. I use this old tin box to get stuff for the Miggy. Ebay have a warning message telling me to upgrade... er don't think so. I don`t even have flash on here... Don`t get pestered with the utter dross they load onto modern browsers/pages. I can almost hear the websites owners scratching their heads... ' My god he's using IE 5.5 '. You can't believe the crap I avoid this way.  You can avoid it... but means going backwards.

scuzz
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com

[scuzzb494]

Hi

Slightly off sideways as it were... But I guess as long as the MS OS allows registry changes to its operating system from the simple action of clicking a web page I guess its a busted system.... Just spent a morning cleaning up an office machine which had been protected by Symantec Corporate and Adaware Professional. Plus the usual hardware blocks... Trouble is there is no accounting for the office idiot and all these apps like Messenger... Honestly..!!

As to Firefox and IE7... I'll say one thing. Tabs. Plays havoc with my local pages on my own intranet.. Doesn`t work sadly, so I stay old style. I do use Firefox for YouTube cus I like UnPlug for the FLVs.

Aweb and Ibrowse still serve me very well on the Amiga, But then I'm not into online chat, download sites and interactive content... unless you can call email groups and forums chat... and I guess Aminet, your mass media download facility... :-)

scuzz
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com

[scuzzb494]

Hi

You must have seen the Apple add for security.. In response to identifying the flaws in the Vista OS the PC Security guy states..

' You are coming to a sad realisation.. Cancel or allow '

PC replies... ' Allow '

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n4mdcXa8B0

Does make me giggle.

scuzz
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com

[scuzzb494]

Hi

Giggles... Worried are we. Should be. I just spent the whole weekend irradicating cmdservice and Network Monitor from an XP machine and I would beg to differ. Took me numerous goes with a mass of time on internet forums and tech help that would suggest your claims are utterly bogus. I have a Mac here also, and Win98 and Amigas and I get not one of jot of the problems I get with an XP machine... God help me if I have to use a Vista machine. Sorry, but experience and use is my best guide. And sorry, I have already spent far far too long this weekend with MS thankyou.

If the world of MS is so rosy why is the internet filled [ filled ] with logs from Hijack This.

scuzz
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com

[scuzzb494]

PS On that XP and MS thang

I would only criticize something if it were worthy of criticism and I have a desk littered with the debris of notes and guidance notes on file checks, registry changes, script deletions, tech help sites, logs, bogus dll name, removal tools,  advice on how to instigate changes etc etc etc etc and no end of reboot sessions... and yes that annoys me. Especially as I just want to use the computer. However, I switch the Mac on and it works.... I switch the Amiga on and it works... and even this Win98 machine. You tell me whether something deserves criticism. This is not a bashing session it is ' a sad realisation ' and what's even more sad is that ... It didn't have to be this way. The good guys ' lost '

scuzz

[scuzzb494]

Goodness me... You seem to be missing the point here. Do you understand the term ' If it ain`t broke '. I am typing this on a Win98 machine. It works fine. It is not infected with anything. It runs smoothly without interuption and does everything I need. I have a complete duplicate of this machine in a box just in case it fails. As long as I can use this in the way I intended... why would I change. You fail to mention that for me to use Vista I would need all new hardware. I would only do that if I got something worth the expenditure, and sorry modern PCs are like food without taste. At least the Mac is honest to it's hardware. And my Mac is working just fine. Has managed to bridge various OS upgrades without the need to replace everything. Works perfectly, always has, always will. As to the Amigas well these represent the glory days of computing when things were done properly so I have absolutely no worries there. So you see I get by with kit and OSs that were developed to my accepted perameters that function perfectly and to a standard that need none of the fixes you suggest. Honestly, why would I risk my passion on an OS that needs ' all new kit ' to function. Vista should work, shouldn`t it ? I mean its been in development for so long, and given the resources and money at MS disposal it would be insulting to suggest anything else. Trouble is when the cracks appear the hackers will be in in a jot. I care not. I have far more time for the lovers of classic and developers of really interesting kit like say the MiniMig. Cus here we have real computer enthusiasts. Hopefully we can keep the flag flying on classic for my lifetime at least. As to Vista Nahhh!!! Not ready to quit on computing just yet.

scuzz
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com