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   Review - Sound Blaster Audigy Driver for Windows 2000/XP

   8/26/2002 (Sep 4, 2002)

   Creative coders still don't get the idea of multiple cpu environment, from the beginning Audigy drivers didn't work with more than one cpu. The sound is skipping due to poor synchronization within the drivers (of course Creative's tech support blames everything from my machine to my cat) - it's just sad hearing local mp3s skip (and no, they play just fine through an old AWE64). If you have more than one CPU stay away from Creative.

2. 
   Review - AOL Instant Messenger for Windows

   4.0.1957 (May 8, 2000)

   Two things:
   1) Why is it called IM when it's not messaging? it should be Instant chatting ... but definitelly not messaging ...
   
   2) I have not seen a single msg program where you have to click send ... it's always either or (ICQ) ... so sending msg without using the mouse is not really anything special ...

3. Comment - Microsoft to Strike Passwords from URLs in IE

   4.0.1957 (Feb 2, 2004 - 3:08 PM)

   The end user does have a choice, but I don't think you care about the truth, you only want to feel good because you can "prove" that you're better than Microsoft.
   
   As for other browsers and security: http://www.mozilla.org/p...curity-bugs-policy.html - apparently Microsoft is not the one hiding security bugs.

4. Comment - Windows Update 5 Prepped for XP SP2, New IE

   4.0.1957 (Nov 9, 2003 - 4:13 PM)

   I know you can flip through tabs with Ctrl+Tab. If you actually read my comment I was talking about having to go through two sets of switching when you're in a program other than the browser. Let's say you're writing code and you need to lookup some documentation. Without tabs you use Alt+Tab to go directly to the browser window you want. With tabs you first have to switch to the browser and then use a different key combination to switch to the right tab.

5. Comment - Windows Update 5 Prepped for XP SP2, New IE

   4.0.1957 (Nov 8, 2003 - 3:48 PM)

   As far as I remember IE did have tabbed browsing, was it in version 3.x? Personally I don't understand why everybody loves it so much, it makes keyboard navigation very difficult - if you're working in a different program first you have to Alt+Tab to the browser and then you have to switch to the right tab. Without tabs you go directly to the browser window you're interested in. And that it clutters the taskbar? Who cares, except for people who only use mouse to work with their OS (funny that most *nix supporters love tabbed browsing at the same time they love doing everything through the keyboard).

6. Comment - Appeals Court Halts Microsoft Java Order

   4.0.1957 (Feb 5, 2003 - 6:19 AM)

   The problem is that you would welcome Microsoft releasing it. But you stop just short of forcign others to carry it. That's what I personally believe is wrong with this court order, there probably are enough reasons to force Microsoft to stop distributing their own "incompatible" version of JVM but forcing it to carry somebody else's product for a fee (note that the court order doesn't specify fees and Sun is requiring Microsoft to pay to comply with it) is just wrong. So think again - what would benefit consumers, more products or court orders forcing companies to distribute somebody else's product?

7. Comment - Appeals Court Halts Microsoft Java Order

   4.0.1957 (Feb 4, 2003 - 8:59 PM)

   If you actually read and believed what you write you would have to agree that it would benefit consumers to force Sun to carry and install .NET on every single copy of Solaris. Same goes for various flavors of Linux and BSD, it would only benefit consumers to have the court order anyone distributing (for profit or for free) any operating system to include .NET in their products as well as Java.