Date: 07/07/2004 08:01 AM
From: Wade Preston Shearer ([email protected])
__Subject: Building a Better Mozilla __
The way that this article was approached casts a bad light on Mozilla/Firefox by saying that they need to be "improved" by the add-ons, suggesting that they were lacking ("Building a Better Mozilla," July 7, 2004).
The leanness of these browsers is why they are good. There is nothing wrong with the add-ons, and a review of them is great, but your article almost gives the impression that the browser is lacking without them.
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Date: 07/07/2004 07:40 AM
From: Jeff ([email protected])
Subject: Superhero Game Is Super Blah
Thanks for the review ("Superhero Game Is Super Blah," July 7, 2004). It is worth noting that the PC version is a significantly dumbed-down version of the console game.
The game is ridiculously simple for any player over age 12. For example, when you approach the major villains at the end of each level, a splash screen pops up that illustrates the exact technique needed to beat the villain!
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Date: 07/06/2004 01:56 PM
From: J Good ([email protected])
Subject: Software Makes a Tiger of Panther
I read this article ("Software Makes a Tiger of Panther," July 6, 2004) and I couldn't help thinking, "So what's your point?" Creating an interface that incorporates needed features in a user-friendly and efficient way is done best at the OS level. Improving things is a good idea.
You could still be using DOS or Mac OS 7 and have a million tacked-on external improvements, following the thinking that OS developers should only use the ideas that nobody else has come up with.
Original or not, good ideas should be used and improved upon wherever possible, and both Mac and PC OS developers should be encouraged to do so. And, of course, they are. This is a good thing.
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Date: 07/07/2004 07:47 AM
From: Shannon Gillenwater ([email protected])
Subject: Court Creates Snoopers' Heaven
I have an additional concern about this new interpretation of the law ("Court Creates Snoopers' Heaven," July 6, 2004). VOIP gateways and IP packet networks can store phone conversation packets and other information in RAM during the transmission process. It wouldn't be much of a stretch to apply the storage law to these conversations.
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