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  • BBO's broken state (Was: any Mac users on BBO?)

    From Kenny McCormack@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Tue Aug 29 11:42:08 2023
    In article <uckkgr$27r60$[email protected]>,
    Bertel Lund Hansen <[email protected]> wrote:
    Kenny McCormack wrote:

    That's the problem with making all this stuff browser based. It always
    ends up being browser-dependent, and usually ends up working only with MS's >> browser.

    It was so much better when BBO ran as a normal Windows EXE file.

    OK, I'll play.

    Linux, Mac and OS/2 users wouldn't be so happy with that solution.

    It is actually pretty easy to run (simple) Windows apps (including BBO)
    on other OSes.

    I have personally run BBO (via Windows emulation) on both Linux and Mac.

    I've never been able to get the browser version to run under either of
    those OSes - because, as I said, this stuff usually ends up only working (fully/correctly) with MS's browsers anyway.

    And as for OS/2 users, you mean both of them, right? And note that I am speaking as a former big OS/2 user/supporter/advocate. OS/2 really doesn't exist anymore (in the consumer sphere). I think they're calling whatever remains of it "eCom station" (or something like that) nowadays.

    And if you dream about a Windows program - then why are you unhappy with >things only working in a Windows browser?

    See above. I knew someone would make this objection; failing to see that a Windows application is best, even if you don't run (or like) Windows.

    Windows is (or should be) kind of a "lingua franca" or Esperanto-like thing.

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  • From Bertel Lund Hansen@21:1/5 to Kenny McCormack on Tue Aug 29 14:49:12 2023
    Kenny McCormack wrote:

    Windows is (or should be) kind of a "lingua franca" or Esperanto-like thing.

    At least they found a nice colour for their screen of death and screen
    of wait 10 minutes and don't turn your computer off.

    I'm glad I don't see them anymore.

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    Bertel, Denmark

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  • From Kenny McCormack@21:1/5 to Kenny McCormack on Tue Aug 29 12:17:50 2023
    In article <ucklig$65tt$[email protected]>,
    Kenny McCormack <[email protected]> wrote:
    In article <uckkgr$27r60$[email protected]>,
    Bertel Lund Hansen <[email protected]> wrote:
    Kenny McCormack wrote:

    That's the problem with making all this stuff browser based. It always
    ends up being browser-dependent, and usually ends up working only with MS's >>> browser.

    It was so much better when BBO ran as a normal Windows EXE file.

    OK, I'll play.

    Linux, Mac and OS/2 users wouldn't be so happy with that solution.

    Now that I think more about it, I suppose that, to be fair, I should note
    that the real target of making it browser=based is people who are not
    really running any OS at all (in the sense that us Usenet geeks understand
    that term).

    I.e., people using things like smartphones, tablets, iPads, Chromebooks,
    etc.

    So, there is that...

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