LOL I thought you had to pay to get a browser on the Wii? Do you mean you just add the internet channel? I will have to check on this tonight. Surfing the net on a 55" LCD will be..um..interesting. LOL
-----Original Message----- From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 2:50 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day fee for the wii? brb, gotta go pee... On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 2:43 PM, David Mazzaccaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No fee? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 2:22 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Firefox 3.0 Download Day > > Yep. The Wii "Internet Channel" is awesome. You use the Wii wireless > controllers to surf the web. Opera installs when you choose to load the > Internet channel. > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Mazzaccaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 2:14 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Firefox 3.0 Download Day > > "Opera on the Wii" > - Is this free? > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 2:10 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Firefox 3.0 Download Day > > Mozilla.com is down. > > BTW: If you want Firefox 3.0 now, here's the URL: > > http://download.mozilla.org/?product=firefox-3.0&os=win&lang=en-GB > > Remember, though, while you can get it now using this URL, it won't > count > toward the World record unless you wait a while and download from the > primary download page. > > Our kids surf the Internet at home using Opera on the Wii. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher J. Bosak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 2:03 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Firefox 3.0 Download Day > > There are some of us that browse the internet at home for entertainment, > you > know. > All work and no play makes be get a job at the post office. > > Christopher J. Bosak > Vector Company > c. 847.603.4673 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > "You need to install an RTFM Interface, due to an LBNC issue." > - B.O.F.H. (Merged 2 into 1) - Me > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 12:02 hrs > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Firefox 3.0 Download Day > > That could be true. I only visit web sites that allow me to do my job. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Gill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 12:32 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: RE: Firefox 3.0 Download Day > > Well, I'm a Moz fan and do promote FF to people when the conversation is > going that way. I don't really care what people use, I just don't want > them > (i.e. most folk) to use IE. You say you've never been hi-jacked or > scripted, > and I assume you mean you're browser's never been compromised in any > way. I > guess that also means your minimalists tendencies expand into what > websites > you visit too, because there are quite a few sites out there you *just > don't > visit* using IE. FF and Opera et al are not immune, but IMO IE is the > single > biggest security hole in Windows, years running. > > -- > Mike Gill > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Rod Trent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 8:11 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: RE: Firefox 3.0 Download Day >> >> YMMV, I believe, too. >> >> Personally, I've not seen the substance. I get frustrated with >> technology >> pretty easily if it doesn't work the way I do. And, when that happens >> it >> comes off the PC fairly quickly. I treat my computer as something >> critical >> to my well being. If I feel an application is just taking up space, >> instead >> of providing value to me, I don't keep it there. I've downloaded FF > so >> many >> times, and removed it within a day of installation. >> >> As for security -- I've never been hijacked, or scripted. No Maxthon >> here. >> Again, I'm a software minimalist. Maxthon adds features that I'll >> never >> use. I just want to work. >> >> I might agree with the view of FF, if it weren't for Opera. Opera > kind >> of >> puts the whole hype versus value to rest. Just my opinion. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 10:35 AM >> To: NT System Admin Issues >> Subject: Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day >> >> I think the success of Firefox has gone way beyond hype at this point. >> And, I have posted here multiple times on my comparisons of IE memory >> use vs. Firefox; the majority of those tests have been negative to IE. >> >> I wasnt looking to get into YABA, but while FF only gets better, IE >> only gets worse. Its only saving grace in the past few years has been >> add-ons like Maxthon. >> >> Security-wise, I can point you to plenty of sites that will exploit >> the hell out of IE but cant to FF. >> >> I dont appreciate the Mac-zealot style of hype that FF users promote - >> but the hype has substance. >> >> >> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Rod Trent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> > Nah, I just don't like to use things based on hype. >> > >> > I know, I know. Hype pretty much runs the industry these days (ex. >> iPhone), >> > but following the crowd gives me a bad feeling. >> > >> > Plus, I've never had much luck with Firefox, so I don't see the >> benefit. >> > It's slow, eats away at memory, etc. >> > >> > Now, Opera, on the other hand. No hype. Great product. That's the >> only >> > 3rd party browser I would recommend. >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: Micheal Espinola Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2008 9:53 AM >> > To: NT System Admin Issues >> > Subject: Re: Firefox 3.0 Download Day >> > >> > Because Rod doesn't like anyone to use anything non-Microsoft. It >> > scares him. ;-) >> > >> > >> > On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Martin Blackstone >> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Why? Seriously. 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