IE is an Application ? (Was Re: Can PMMAIL (win) do this?)

[Steve Marvin]

On Fri, 16 Apr 1999 21:25:55 +0200, Johannes M. Posel wrote:

>Dear Steve,
>
>At 11:15 16.04.99 -0700, you wrote:
>
>>    That isn't the point.  The point is some people don't want=20
to use IE
>>ever.
>
>Then they should get rid of 98 and install 95. I for one think=20
(and I saw
>it on
>2 of my PCs) that swapping those DLLs with 95 ones get rid of=20
explorer but
>makes your system crashing more often (KERNEL32.DLL exception=20
fault and so
>on...)
>
>>    I don't think anyone on this list would refute that Eudora=20
4.0 is worlds
>>better than Eudora 3.0.  However, I presume that anyone on this=20
list is using
>>PMMail, not Eudora.  I don't think anyone on here would stand=20
that Eudora 4.0
>>has to be installed for the OS to the stable since we all (in=20
theory) prefer
>>something else, PMMail.
>
>You want to know why I'm using Eudora?? I'll tell you: I use PGP,=20
and I am
>German, so I have to use german Umlauts (=84=94=81=E1). PMMail and his=20
PGPSDK*.dll
>cant
>handle them, either its bad sig or the receiver can't decrypt it.=20
So I have to
>use Eudora.
>
>>    I prefer Opera, then Netscape, then LYNX before IE.  I=20
simply don't want
>>it and see no reason for the OS to fail because an application=20
isn't
>>installed.
>
>I for one have IE5, Opera v360b3 and Netscape Negotiator (9mm)=20
4.51US.
>Netscape
>is really not the product I expected and I knew from 3.x=20
generation. I am
>sorry
>to say that if you as example design webpages, Netscape is really=20
crappy with
>his HTML (yeah, it really likes to crash). Don't read I'm pro=20
Mickeysoft,
>but I
>think their IE (and thats v5) is really a good program. Dont=20
forget that with
>IE are included many *system* enhancements and updates also!
>
>>In fact, it tweaks me when other applications are crippled when=20
it isn't
>>installed.
>
>What other programs are crippled??
>

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