From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,ab3c50aebe0aa719 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-20 17:57:48 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newsfeed.cwix.com!sjc-peer.news.verio.net!news.verio.net!iad-read.news.verio.net.POSTED!kilgallen From: Kilgallen@eisner.decus.org.nospam (Larry Kilgallen) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: An Old Market in which Ada May Play Message-ID: References: <3B2BF9CD.57D83FAF@acm.org> <3B2D5BA7.C7F6CCC3@linuxchip.demon.co.uk> Organization: LJK Software Date: 20 Jun 2001 20:50:33 -0500 NNTP-Posting-Host: 216.44.122.34 X-Complaints-To: abuse@verio.net X-Trace: iad-read.news.verio.net 993084636 216.44.122.34 (Thu, 21 Jun 2001 00:50:36 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 00:50:36 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8951 Date: 2001-06-20T20:50:33-05:00 List-Id: In article <3B2D5BA7.C7F6CCC3@linuxchip.demon.co.uk>, Dr Adrian Wrigley writes: > Jeffrey Carter wrote: > ... >> Wouldn't it be nice to have a browser that lets you tell it not to >> contact sites from foreign domains? That lets you tell it to display >> text before downloading graphics? That asks before opening extra >> windows? That offers cookie, cache, and web-bug management? That's >> robust and reliable? That doesn't do whatever you don't like about your >> browser, and does do what you wish your browser did? > ... > Don't you just use WWWShield? http://www.bitrot.de/wwwshield.html I would be frightened by the claim on that site: It is tested on SGI IRIX 6.5 and Linux 2.0.36, but should be easily portable to other platforms. Let's see, it was tested on two operating systems and both of them were of the Unix style. What is wrong with this picture ? It is not just that I distrust the portability claim, but I distrust any source so naive as to make it. Please make a fuss when the list of operating systems covered include MacOS 68K, Be, VMS, OS/400 and MVS. Then I will believe the developers have sufficient breadth of experience to make a claim about "easily portable".