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  • L LittleYellowBird

    Graham Shanks wrote:

    But if I installed every application that annoyed me then my machine would be devoid of software

    I have re-read that several times and I think that no software annoys you :) I think you are either Budhist or you have missed out an 'un' or my brain has stopped working (it could be any of those really!) :-D

    Ali

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    Graham Shanks
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    Alison Pentland wrote:

    you have missed out an 'un'

    :doh:

    Graham Librarians rule, Ook!

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    • G Graham Shanks

      Alison Pentland wrote:

      you have missed out an 'un'

      :doh:

      Graham Librarians rule, Ook!

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      Rage
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      Graham Shanks wrote:

      "But if I installed every application that annoyed me then my machine would be devoid of software"

      But Graham Shanks most probably meant: "But if I uninstalled every application that annoyed me then my machine would be devoid of software" Hence

      Alison Pentland wrote:

      you have missed out an 'un'

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      • P Paul Selormey

        Kevin McFarlane wrote:

        But if others don't care for them that's fine.

        :laugh: I like the way you put it.

        Kevin McFarlane wrote:

        The Google Toolbar is the only browser toolbar I've found useful though.

        Same here, I have never tried MS or the Yahoo toolbars, mainly because I do not use any of the services the companies provide.

        Kevin McFarlane wrote:

        Any others that appear from time to time I uninstall.

        Yeah, it was becoming a way for some companies to support others, and some to make money (Java SE and the Google Toolbar[^])...may be that is the main reason some do not like the toolbar. :~ Best regards, Paul.

        Jesus Christ is LOVE! Please tell somebody.

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        Kevin McFarlane
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        Paul Selormey wrote:

        Same here, I have never tried MS or the Yahoo toolbars, mainly because I do not use any of the services the companies provide

        I've tried them briefly out of curiosity. Well, the former really. The latter just appeared on my Dad's PC - probably via BT Broadband or something - and sucks really badly!:mad: The Microsoft one I just found to be not much use - probably for similar reasons to yourself. Anyway, I mostly use Firefox rather than IE and there isn't an MS toolbar for Firefox is there? Not sure.

        Kevin

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        • G Graham Shanks

          Alison Pentland wrote:

          you have missed out an 'un'

          :doh:

          Graham Librarians rule, Ook!

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          LittleYellowBird
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          No worries, that's what happens when you get to our age! (Just read your bio, 30 years :rolleyes: ) I had to mention the missing 'un' because I got stuck in a kind of a 'mental loop' reading it. Every time I got to the end and I thought I understood it, my brain said, 'Unknown error - restart'! Fortunately the phone rang and snapped me out of it, or I could have been there till the end of the day! :-D

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          • L LittleYellowBird

            No worries, that's what happens when you get to our age! (Just read your bio, 30 years :rolleyes: ) I had to mention the missing 'un' because I got stuck in a kind of a 'mental loop' reading it. Every time I got to the end and I thought I understood it, my brain said, 'Unknown error - restart'! Fortunately the phone rang and snapped me out of it, or I could have been there till the end of the day! :-D

            Ali

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            Nagy Vilmos
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            Alison Pentland wrote:

            'Unknown error - restart'

            I just get +++ OUT OF CHEESE ERROR +++


            Panic, Chaos, Destruction. My work here is done.

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            • G Graham Shanks

              But if I installed every application that annoyed me then my machine would be devoid of software :)

              Graham Librarians rule, Ook!

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              You could save time by uninstalling Windows first. :)

              "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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              "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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              • realJSOPR realJSOP

                You could save time by uninstalling Windows first. :)

                "Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass..." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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                "...the staggering layers of obscenity in your statement make it a work of art on so many levels." - Jason Jystad, 10/26/2001

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                Graham Shanks
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                John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

                You could save time by uninstalling Windows first

                Too slow - I think I'll try format c:

                Graham Librarians rule, Ook!

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                • K Kevin McFarlane

                  Paul, I've found that people either love or hate the Google Toolbar. Personally, I find it useful for similar reasons to yourself. All I do is state those reasons when asked. But if others don't care for them that's fine. The Google Toolbar is the only browser toolbar I've found useful though. Any others that appear from time to time I uninstall. (Though some of the reasons people state for not liking toolbars are strange.)

                  Kevin

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                  fred_
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                  I've found the "IE Developers Toolbar" to be handy on occasion especially when debugging javascript when Items are nested in containers mangling names and testing different screen resolutions.

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                  • F fred_

                    I've found the "IE Developers Toolbar" to be handy on occasion especially when debugging javascript when Items are nested in containers mangling names and testing different screen resolutions.

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                    Kevin McFarlane
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                    Ah, yes. I forgot about that. :-O Firefox is my default browser but when doing ASP.NET dev then I use both IE Dev Toolbar and Firebug.

                    Kevin

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                    • K Kevin McFarlane

                      I have plenty of reasons for wanting a toolbar personally but each to his own. However, from the OP's words there seems to be no reason why he needs it.

                      Kevin

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                      Vikram A Punathambekar
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                      The only toolbar I use is the Del.icio.us toolbar. Even there, I turned off the toolbar itself and dragged the Bookmark button to my menu bar.

                      Cheers, Vikram.

                      Recent activities: TV series: Friends, season 6 Books: Freakonomics, by Steven Levitt and Stephen J Dubner.


                      Carpe Diem.

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