Re: [q] Sorry, I won't do google groups

[NODEraser]

I have used Gmail on my PB 520 with Netscape (don't remember if it's
version 3 or 4)  without many problems. Every now and then I'll get a
"broken pipe" error, but not too often.

On 1/31/06, James Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> on 1/29/06 4:39 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > but half the time the Google page causes my browser (Mozilla) to freeze or
> > quit. So I was  disappointed to read of the move of some Low-end lists to
> >Google groups. Even so, I tried to sign on but Google says (quite 
> >incorrectly)
> >that I don't have  cookies enabled and cannot sign up.
>
> I *think* that this might be a bug in Mozilla.  I ass-ume you're using the
> WaMCom version (1.3.1)?
>
> IIRC, I went through shades of the same thing in '04 when I lost my mind
> (IMO) and signed up for gmail.  It seemed that with Mozilla, if I downloaded
> it and left it alone (i.e. did not "disable cookies" or mess about with any
> of the cookies options), I could go to sites requiring cookies with no
> problem.
>
> In the case of gmail, though, I encountered the same problem you did.  I had
> selected the "disable cookies" option before faffing about with gmail.  Even
> after I enabled cookies and left the browser wide open, I still got the same
> "you need to enable cookies" message.  Rebooting the machine produced no
> change.  At that point, I simply decided that I was done fooling around with
> gmail and wrote it off.
>
> > So has it come to the point where even an email list about vintage macs
> > requires OSX and the latest browser? If that is really the case, I'll be
> > saying goodbye as well.
>
> I dunno about the "latest borwser" bit.  WaMCom Mozilla turns 3 years old in
> July this year (if I'm not mistaken).  In Internet terms, it's ancient.
>
> As much as I enjoy wringing the most out my older hardware, it seems that
> there's a point of diminishing returns.  Me, I'm hoping I can use the WaMCom
> Mozilla for another couple years, but I readily acknowledge that this might
> be Wishful Thinking on my part because there are already some things I can't
> do with it. >:/
>
> Best,
>
> James Fraser
>
>
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Re: [q] Sorry, I won't do google groups

[James Fraser]

on 1/29/06 4:39 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> but half the time the Google page causes my browser (Mozilla) to freeze or
> quit. So I was  disappointed to read of the move of some Low-end lists to
>Google groups. Even so, I tried to sign on but Google says (quite incorrectly)
>that I don't have  cookies enabled and cannot sign up.

I *think* that this might be a bug in Mozilla.  I ass-ume you're using the
WaMCom version (1.3.1)?

IIRC, I went through shades of the same thing in '04 when I lost my mind
(IMO) and signed up for gmail.  It seemed that with Mozilla, if I downloaded
it and left it alone (i.e. did not "disable cookies" or mess about with any
of the cookies options), I could go to sites requiring cookies with no
problem.  

In the case of gmail, though, I encountered the same problem you did.  I had
selected the "disable cookies" option before faffing about with gmail.  Even
after I enabled cookies and left the browser wide open, I still got the same
"you need to enable cookies" message.  Rebooting the machine produced no
change.  At that point, I simply decided that I was done fooling around with
gmail and wrote it off.

> So has it come to the point where even an email list about vintage macs
> requires OSX and the latest browser? If that is really the case, I'll be
> saying goodbye as well.

I dunno about the "latest borwser" bit.  WaMCom Mozilla turns 3 years old in
July this year (if I'm not mistaken).  In Internet terms, it's ancient.

As much as I enjoy wringing the most out my older hardware, it seems that
there's a point of diminishing returns.  Me, I'm hoping I can use the WaMCom
Mozilla for another couple years, but I readily acknowledge that this might
be Wishful Thinking on my part because there are already some things I can't
do with it. >:/

Best,

James Fraser


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