'Shindig'
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Didn't MS only recently abandon support of NT 4.0?
I'm not as concerned with abandoning of support, but more of what OS I can put on my next computer. And the rate at which applications might move away.
I was happy once I got started on W2K. Happy enough that knowing my next machine would have XP bothered me. But I made peace with that, although I still long for the days of yore.
Vista brings back my XP apprehension, times a brazilian.
Well, just that short listing of the Vista line has increased the likelihood that my next computer will be a Mac.
Oh, a while back someone posted that Vista will not run on 50% of the PCs out there. I think that 50% figure refers to computers capable of running the Aero graphic thingie, and that you can run Vista just fine without Aero. (Aero requires a certain level of graphics card functionality.)
eta: I don't know much about Aero, but I think it's just translucent window crap, and other eye-candy, sorta' like OS X has had for a while
Gah. Suddenly my power supply for my Powerbook isn't making the lighty light. I can't tell if it's because it's not seated right or what. Pisser.
::wants to quip about ita and a brazilian but fears the Wrath of She, so remains quiet::
New Vulnerability found in Apple Safari Browser.
Unlike the "worm" that appeared last week, this vulnerability is quite serious, and I would strongly urge everyone using Safari to disable the "Open 'safe' files after downloading" option like the article describes.
On a web page, if you have a SELECT control that's been set to disabled, does it still respond to color settings in a style sheet? I mean, the actual font - I can still change the background color.
eta: I'm only concerned about IE 6.
eta²: OK, it appears that when a SELECT control is disabled, the font is gray and there's nothing you can do about it. For example:
<SELECT id="Select1" style="WIDTH: 191px; COLOR: red" name="Select1" disabled>
the red doesn't work. But if you take the 'disabled' away, it does.
I've been using ZoneAlarm, haven't had any problems.
I was wrong. I just updated my copy of ZoneAlarm and was reminded that I have to disable one of it's parts ("TrueVector" -- vsmon.exe) in Startup or else I have trouble with network connections, disk scan, and disk defragmenter.