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donut <> wrote in
news:Xns93D2163D4368donut@216.102.43.227:

> "dkg_ctc" <> wrote in
> news:Xns93D1720948B77dkgctc@130.133.1.4:
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>> Because everyone knows how dangerous it is to open a file in
>> Notepad...
>
> That's not the point at all.

Actually, it is. You're using the fact that a webpage can launch a
document in Notepad as a reason not to use Microsoft products.

> The point is that Internet Explorer, Outlook Express and other M$
> applications are being manipulated to do things they were never
> intended to do.

Out or curiousity, how did you come to the conclusion that this
isn't the intended behavior? Is it just that it's not the behavior
that YOU would intend, and thus it's not the behavior anyone would
intend?

> Doesn't the fact that a web page, or a spammer can induce IE to
> open a Notepad window without your consent bother you at all?

I use Mozilla, but even if I didn't, no, this issue wouldn't
particularly bother me.

"dkg_ctc" <> wrote in message
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> donut <> wrote in
> news:Xns93D2163D4368donut@216.102.43.227:
>
> > "dkg_ctc" <> wrote in
> > news:Xns93D1720948B77dkgctc@130.133.1.4:
> >
> >> Because everyone knows how dangerous it is to open a file in
> >> Notepad...
> >
> > That's not the point at all.
>
> Actually, it is. You're using the fact that a webpage can launch a
> document in Notepad as a reason not to use Microsoft products.
>
> > The point is that Internet Explorer, Outlook Express and other M$
> > applications are being manipulated to do things they were never
> > intended to do.

Sounds to me that this is nothing more than the same IE only http command
that allows IE to open a pdf file or show you a graphic without an
accompanying web page. Just so happens "marketers" have discovered it and
are exploiting it.

donut <> wrote in
news:Xns93D27B5531DBAdonut@216.102.43.227:

> "dkg_ctc" <> wrote in
> news:Xns93D289B48D505dkgctc@130.133.1.4:
>
>> I use Mozilla, but even if I didn't, no, this issue wouldn't
>> particularly bother me.
>
> Hmmm.. so why do you use Mozilla then? BTW, I do too.

Mostly due to features that IE doesn't have, or that Mozilla handles
in a better way. Security is also an issue, although a lesser one
because I tend to use tight security settings when on IE.

> The history of IE and OE is that of one security hole and flaw
> after another.

No argument...I just don't believe the Notepad issue described in
this thread is one of them. There are certainly better reasons to
not use IE than a harmless Notepad window.

> That's why I don't use them. I also trash Windows Media Player and
> most of the other baubles and bangles that ships with Windows. In
> every case, there is a smaller, safer application to use.

I don't have problems with most MS applications, and in most cases
prefer them to the alternatives (ie, I prefer Microsoft Office to
Star/OpenOffice, I prefer Windows Explorer to most replacement file
managers, I prefer the Explorer shell to Litestep/GeoShell/etc). IE
and OE are the exceptions for me, though.