Yeah, lots of stuff like that, trying to regain the web 1.0 vibe. I do wish NeoCities had used SSH/SFTP or something, that would have been a bit easier to get into. But I have WSL so it's all good. Devin Prater r.d.t.prater@xxxxxxxxx On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 4:16 PM Linux for blind general discussion < blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I thought Geocities itself came back, or got forked and came back, or, > something like that? There's at least two or three, oocities, neocities, > geocities.ws, et al really... > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 04:11:46PM -0500, Linux for blind general > discussion wrote: > > Win11 uses less system resources, so it's a bit snappier. Of course, > people > > will complain about any and every change. I complain about having two > > things to manage in web navigation in Orca, focus/browse mode, and quick > > navigation keys. But other people like it, and I sort of saw a few good > > uses for it, but focus and browse mode switched on and off without my > > control more times than I liked. So it's all about how a change makes a > > person feel, and how many people feel that way, and then how many people > > speak up about their feelings. Because more people will talk about the > bad > > things they find than the good, me included. I was getting into > NeoCities, > > a replacement for the old GeoCities, today and found that Linux users > could > > mount the webdav drive just by opening their file manager and pasting in > > the address. Windows users have to use a whole separate app due to some > > SSL/TLS stuff that Windows hasn't fixed. But my thing is accessibility; I > > just can't let idiology override the need for good, solid accessibility. > > Usually. Android is another story, and is actually improving. > > Devin Prater > > r.d.t.prater@xxxxxxxxx > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Apr 14, 2022 at 4:05 PM Linux for blind general discussion < > > blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > For what it's worth, I did find Windows XP far more stable than any of > > > the Win9x family... and Windows 2000 more stable than XP when I threw > > > it on the family computer around the time Vista came out... and the > > > few times I've had to use a Win 7 machine it didn't give me any > > > trouble... though admittedly, those Win7 machines were always in a > > > school setting with actual IT people around to keep the things up and > > > running... never used a Win 8 or 10 machine, but I've heard plenty of > > > gripes about bothand people wanting to stick with Win 7 even after > > > Microsoft dropped support... admittedly, much of the Win8/10 criticism > > > I remember hearing was about Microsoft replacing Aero and forcing > > > people to get used to a new interface... and I suspect some of it had > > > more to do with trying to run them on insufficient hardware rather > > > than the OS itself having stability issues(For all its infamy, I > > > understand Vista is halfway decent on a rig that actually has the > > > horsepower to handle it). > > > > > > Haven't heard anything one way or the other as to whether Win 11 is > > > the new good windows or the new bad windows... but then again, the > > > Internet has been quiet about it to the point I totally missed it > > > coming out last year and didn't know it was a thing until it got > > > brought up in this... I hesitate to call this a thread because we > > > stopped talking about the original subject a long time ago and its now > > > a mish mash of perhaps half-a-dozen conversations... ooccupational > > > hazard of mailing lists I guess, it's so easy to go off topic while > > > forgetting to change the subject line and split off a new thread. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Blinux-list mailing list > > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list mailing list > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > > > -- > Jace's words are up there. Quoted and old messages below this point > > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list