I opened a couple of accounts on a few of New Zealand's online dating sites and asked for people to contact me with their stories, and to answer some of my questions, and to provide any advice they might have for anyone contemplating online dating. A friend opened one from a woman's perspective and shared with me some of the results encountered. I received a lot of helpful comment and advice from people who consistently appeared intelligent, thoughtful and, though one or two had made the odd mistake, intelligent. In particular I'd like to thank Emerald Green, TJ, Goldone, Howjagofaster, Sweety72 and Lunars for their candid and helpful input.

In particular my concerns were threefold. How do you place an effective profile of yourself that will get noticed by the sorts of people that would suit you? How do you protect yourself from the undesirables? How successful is online dating? I'll deal with each of these below.

Writing an Effective Self-Profile

So much can be said here. The important thing is to be honest about yourself, and to come up with something that really reflects a little bit about who you are. The first thing I would recommend you do is peruse the competition. Do a search for someone of your own sex and approximate age and have a look at what your potential rivals have written about themselves. This will give you some ideas (there's nothing wrong with a little borrowing) and will also give you the opportunity to try and think of something different. There is no right or wrong way to do it - it all depends on who you are and who you're looking for.

Most agree that a little humour is good for the mix (people of both sexes seem to be attracted to that). Take the time to write your profile well. Get someone you trust to help you if need be. Poorly constructed or incomplete sentences, bad spelling and grammar, etc, generally give a poor impression, and suggest that you're not really giving the whole matter a great deal of time or thought. If you're serious, take the time to make the best first impression you can.

Should you include a picture? Most sites will encourage you to do this, promising a higher hit rate for your profile if you do. My advice is still that you don't, at least not in your profile itself. If you must include a photo (or you really really want to because the site tells you that some people only browse profiles with photos) then include one of something else (your pet, or your teddy bear or whatever). It may even be a better attention grabber. The sites will usually allow you to send your picture to people you've contacted and are more sure about, at a later stage, but initially, for your own security and to prevent your friends or workmates finding you and having a field-day, I still suggest you refrain.

Dating sites will not insist that you publicise your real name or any of your personal details. Choose a screen-name that you think might suit you, or that best describes the sort of person you are. You don't need to worry about anyone finding out your e-mail address or your real name, unless you are silly enough to give that information out too early. Dating sites have their own internal messaging system that uses encryption and security features. Your own e-mail address doesn't come into it at all as messages to your contacts go through their servers and are readable by the intended recipient only.

Don't limit yourself to one site. There are a number of free online dating sites in New Zealand, and some international ones that have sections for various countries, including New Zealand. A search on the word dating at www.searchnz.co.nz will bring up many results. www.nzdating.com is completely free, though you can take out a gold membership for $19.95 (three months) that gives you increased functionality. www.findsomeone.co.nz offers a free trial membership (though you can only receive contacts, you can't initiate them). They don't seem to want to tell you what full membership costs until you apply for it, so I can't tell you more on that score. www.matefinder.co.nz also gives a free trial membership, and goes to greater lengths to ascertain your profile and match you with others who are similar. Full membership charges range from $30 per month to $90 for six months.

Which type of site is better is a bit of a lottery too. Generally, you can expect to find more serious people on sites where you have to pay. On the other hand, free sites are likely to have more profiles on the books. Why not try one of each for a month and then make your own decision about what suits you best?

The Snakes in the Grass

The truth of the matter is, when you make a contact through a dating site, you have absolutely no idea who that person is, or what their real intentions are. Most obnoxious contacts will make themselves clear pretty quickly and dating sites always provide a means of blocking contact from anyone you don't feel comfortable about. Like most bullies or attention seekers, too, these people will go away if you ignore them.

As soon as someone contacts you, you should look at their profile. That will usually tell you whether they are worth replying to. If they look genuine, but you're not interested, a polite "thanks but no thanks" return message is the courteous thing to do. Most contacts will respect that and not bother you again. Don't play games with people or continue contact with anyone you aren't interested in. Some insecure contacts may feel the need to become troublesome if you've written a few times and then decide you don't want to have contact with them. Don't lead anybody on unless you are serious. Sweety72 writes, "Always play it safe, and never be ambiguous. If someone gets the wrong idea, make sure you're not the one who has caused the problem."

Those who wrote to me with feedback for this article all indicated that they had become pretty good at screening out the weirdos and undesirables. "My screening technique is partly intuition and lots of conversation," writes Howjagofaster. Goldone agrees: "I ask a lot of questions and try to catch them out to get a feeling for how truthful they are, that sort of thing." Now while all this may sound unnecessarily "cloak and dagger," it needs to be remembered that the overwhelming majority of people who use these services are genuine, normal people. They might not all be quite your cup-of-tea, but they mean no harm. Howjagofaster: "Important, really, to take everyone as a good person until they prove otherwise."

I received an interesting reply from Lunars, a representative from the homosexual community who use online dating sites. Unfortunately "gay-baiting" remains a fun pastime for some, so, almost by default, a gay network has arisen through which they can warn each other about dangerous or insincere contacts. I wonder whether a similar function could exist, particularly for women, whereby they can see feedback from others about a particular contact who has made a nuisance of himself (similar to Ebay's feedback forum, perhaps). Even if the sites themselves didn't develop the facility, there would be nothing wrong with you contacting someone with a profile similar to your own, and checking with them about a particular contact you are wondering about. Perhaps they have an experience to share.

Some among my correspondents said that they invited prospective contacts to correspond with them via Microsoft Messenger or ICQ as soon as they felt safe with the person. This allows them to correspond more freely and spontaneously, and thus get an even better feel for the new contact. There may be some merit to that, and it would certainly speed your ability to get to know someone. However, it comes with the usual dangers. Just be sure that your personal details (surname, e-mail address etc) are not accessible to them through your communications program settings.

Generally speaking women will get many more responses to their ads than men. This was certainly confirmed by the ad we took out from a woman's perspective. Of the 15 contacts received the first day, 13 seemed genuine and two were sexual invitations. Admittedly, these two were from people who clearly advertised that they wanted a sex relationship only, but it was still annoying that they would respond that way to our ad, which avoided any mention of sex whatsoever. Ads from males rarely if ever receive these sorts of replies, so ladies, it looks like this is something you may just have to put up with. The overtures were not overtly graphic (though no doubt they would become so if encouraged) and they did not persist when we ignored them.

The other 13 were all straightforward apparently genuine replies. Many were appallingly written and made a terrible impression, but were not deemed questionable in any way. A few were from educated, successful and articulate people. Some included photos, and some did not. It certainly looked to me like, if you're a woman looking for love online, you're going to have plenty of choice. Unfortunately, men, there's a lot of competition out there, and you're going to have to come up with something really different in order to get noticed. Men, too, have to remember that, regardless of our progressive age, traditional attitudes linger. A lot of women still prefer not to make the first contact.

That First Meeting?

Okay, so you get to the stage where you feel it might be nice to meet this new person. Without a doubt you should choose somewhere neutral, such as a cafe or bar. One of my correspondents had a frightening encounter when a lapse of judgement led to her inviting someone to her home, but when he didn't like how things turned out, he refused to leave. Eventually a restraining order became necessary. This sort of thing really needs to be avoided, and can be easily enough. My suggestion would be that the first few meetings are conducted somewhere public. There's plenty of time to let things develop, and now is not the time to be rushing. Don't change your plans and agree to go anywhere else once you've met. Both TJ and Emerald Green say that they always tell someone else that they are meeting someone new, where when, and all the details "in case something dodgy happens." After a couple of safe, neutral meetings, you probably know this person as well as any other new acquaintance, or friend of a friend, so you should feel safer relying on your own intuition. Take it from there at your own pace. With common sense this all should go smoothly enough. Trust your gut. If there is any doubt, play it safe. Don't persist with anyone that makes you uncomfortable, even if you're not sure why.

More Online Dating Advice Abe's Online Dating Advice MSN Love Experts AskMen.com Match.Com Safety Tips

Be ready for disappointment; either on your side or on theirs. A couple of correspondents mentioned that they had learned lessons through counting chickens too early. TJ wrote about a number of times when she had been getting on well with someone and then they sent their photo through. "It's the type of photo that makes you go 'argh.' Suddenly the phrase `computer geek' springs to mind." Heh heh. Sweety72 writes, "Sometimes you can find yourself getting on really well online and you get your hopes up that something might come of it, but when you finally meet you find it was all just a figment of your imagination."

Does Online Dating Work?

This is a hard one to answer. I would not expect to have heard from many people who had ultimately been successful in finding romance online because I assume they wouldn't be there anymore. Perusing the ads, though, I did notice a few profiles that mentioned that they were only looking for friendship as they had found a steady partner. It certainly has some good results for some people, though quantifying this would never be easy.

Obviously it's not for everyone, and many who try it give up before things have a chance to get underway. Each of my correspondents mentioned having had at least some success, if only temporarily. Lunars found a partner he was still seeing. Sweety72 found someone too, but circumstances made it unable to work out. A similar thing happened to Goldone. TJ found love, but it eventually dwindled into a friendship. Howjagofaster writes, "I have made some terrific friends and had one or two relationships through people I have met here. It's more than I would have if I had tried to meet someone while living my usual busy life, aye?"

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New User Homepage Tool

by Mike Usmar - Web Developer

Actrix is pleased to announce that our User Homepage tools have been redesigned and merged into one great new tool!

The features and benefits of this new tool mean that as a customer you can manage all your user homepage content in one safe and secure page. Not only can you view all your homepage files in a directory tree structure similar to your Windows Explorer, but you can conveniently manage them with the easy to use upload file, create new directory, and delete file tools.

Further plans to add additional features to the User Homepage tools, include renaming files, moving files, and copying files.

All Actrix customers on CyberByte dialup plans have access to the User Homepage tool, and have allocated homepage disk space. To access this new tool, please go to http://www.actrix.co.nz/userhomepages.

 

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Interesting Sites (Click the picture links to access the sites)

Please note: Actrix supplies links to these sites for your interest and possible use. We cannot endorse or take any responsibility for their contents. Got a site you think would be neat to share with other readers? Let me know and receive a free Norrie the Nerd chocolate bar courtesy of Actrix!

The Old Left/Right Brain Test www.humorsphere.com/fun/colortest.swf - Our brain's left hemisphere doesn't like to let the right hemisphere know what it's thinking... can you force it to? For the test you are given a word and then two buttons to choose from. Select the colour of the word, and not the word... but you only have four seconds for each choice.

Mistakes Made in the Movies www.movie-mistakes.com/top.php - Here we have a really interesting list of mistakes made in movies. Unfortunately The Matrix really gets it in the neck again. However, rather than just nitpicking faults, the site also points out useful trivia and meaningful things in certain scenes that you might have missed. There is also an interactive forum where you can submit mistakes you've spotted and have them commented on (explained or confirmed) by others.

Freaky Facts of the Presidency www.civil-liberties.com/factoids/july4_02.htm - Do you remember the one where the U.S. president never finishes his term if he was elected in a year ending in "0"? This is only one of the strange oddities listed here. There are lots and lots of interesting and weird facts about past presidents, or about the presidency, or the United States in general. Were you aware that Lincoln prophesied his own assassination? What about Washington foretelling three world wars?

Play Battleships Online www.phatphish.com/games/bship/index.mv - And about time too! Quick and easy and a nice way to fill in a few spare minutes, now you can play battleships online. You play against a computer clicking its squares (instead of calling out G-4!), and it cracks away at yours. Good fun, and the computer let me win first time!

Guinness World Records Online http://guinnessworldrecords.com/ - Would you like to know the world record for eating the most worms in 60 seconds? How interested are you in which country boasts the heaviest monarch? You could go dig out that dust-covered old version of the Guinness Book of World Records (which is probably outdated anyway), or you could reach out to the Internet.

The Monster Encyclopaedia http://www.monstrous.com/ - We are against the democratization of monsters as characters of trendy novels and fright movies that forget the true value of monsters and focus on their less significant features. On the contrary, we believe that monsters an essential but invisible part of our world. They were among us, they have disappeared but they are still present, hidden somewhere between dream and reality. When and what will be the next surge ? : genetics, radioactivity, aliens from outer space, demons from the Apocalypse?. - Site Mission Statement

World Wide Scam Network www.worldwidescam.com/index2002.htm - This site features a large collection of information about scams all around the world related to the Internet, books, multi-level marketing and you name it! Tips are also provided for evaluating all those "too good to be true" offers you come across. It's disturbing just how brazen these folks can be, and just how gullible the population at large is.

Love-Life Quizzes www.ihatemen.com/quizzes.htm - This page, from the "I Hate Men" site is especially designed for women. It features a collection of quizzes (some more serious than others) for the testing of every conceivable nuance of your love life.

Send a Message to a Dead Person www.afterlifetelegrams.com - For a small fee (just $10US per word), terminally ill patients will memorise your message and deliver it to your deceased recipient after they pass over to the other side. It's a great idea, and they are um, deadly serious, but unfortunately, the very nature of the business means they can't guarantee delivery. Didn't Houdini already settle this one? -Ed.

Yes, We Really Did Go to the Moon www.badastronomy.com/bad/misc/apollohoax.html - Do you remember recently the documentary Conspiracy Theory: Did We Land on the Moon? was aired on New Zealand television? The Bad Astronomy Web Site examines this documentary and finds it wanting in countless areas. Each problem is dealt with in a systematic and easily understood way. Mind you, check out the movie here. www.moontruth.com/clips/moontruth.mpg. This one might get you wondering again!

Every Rule for Every Game http://www.everyrule.com/ - Rock smashes Paper! No, Paper covers Rock! ...look it up! EveryRule.com keeps the rules and instructions for almost every game on the planet. Golf, Card Games, Board Games, Drinking Games, they're all here. Be a nerd, know the rules! Really impress or irritate your friends!

I Used to Believe www.iusedtobelieve.com/ - As a child, you probably believed in something that you now know to be fiction. The tooth fairy and imaginary friends, for instance, exist in the imaginations of millions of kids. But what about the less common beliefs, those that are unique to one person? This extremely entertaining collection of things once believed provides a place for people from around the world to share their unusual and original beliefs.

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A Little Levity

Here's to to determine exactly how long any computer hardware repair will take:

1. With the cover off, determine if you can see the entire part or a portion of the part. If you can, go to step #3.
2. If you can't see or identify the part at all, call tech support. Open a cold beer and spend your time more wisely, deciding which credit card to use.
3. If you can only see a portion of the part, add .5 hours to your initial estimate of the repair time.
4. Count the total number of bolts, pins, clips, wires and cables holding the part to the chassis and connecting it to the rest of the PC. Multiply this number by .1 hours.
5. Estimate the number of bolts, pins, wires and cables you can't see and multiply this number by .2 hours.
6. For each additional part that must be removed to gain access to the part you need to work on, add .25 hours.
7. If the target part itself also requires disassembly, multiply your total time so far by 2.
8. If this is your first time working on this part, multiply your total time so far by 2.
9. If your neighbour or work associate told you how easy it was to make the repair and gave you advice, multiply your total time so far by 2.
10. If you wear bifocal glasses, add .75 hours.
11. Divide the total number of bolts, pins, clips, wires and cables by 1/4; this is the number of items you will drop. Multiply this number by .1 hours for total retrieval time. If you are working in an area with a deep carpet, double this number.
12. Total your hours to this point. Note the time of day. If your calculations suggest the sun will set before you finish, add .5 hours. If you lack high intensity lighting in your workspace, double this number

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Cyberspace News Snippets

New Zealand

Kiwis offered shaky web service: Nearly a million households in many parts of New Zealand are to be given access to an Internet service in which government geological data will be used to detail the seismic risk faced by their property. For just under $50, they will be able to check up on the earthquake and landslide risk for the soil and rock under their home, their workplace, or even a house they are considering buying. Click here for more.

NZ internet use leads the world: New Zealanders are leading the world in internet use, an international survey released today shows. The GO2002 survey of 31 countries found 71 percent of New Zealanders had used the internet in the past month. That was the highest percentage of the countries surveyed, which included Australia, Britain and the United States. State Services Minister Trevor Mallard said the survey showed just how Internet "savvy we are." Click here for more.

'Duty' of telecoms to assist snooping: The Government has introduced new legislation requiring telecommunications companies to help the police and security agencies snoop on emails and listen in on mobile phone calls. The Telecommunications (Interception Capability) Bill, tabled in Parliament yesterday, will mean telephone and internet service providers will be legally obliged to ensure their systems are capable of isolating and intercepting suspect emails and mobile calls while still protecting the privacy of others. Click here for more.

One giant computer created from 65 small ones: Massey University has created New Zealand's most powerful supercomputer by linking 65 smaller computers. The "cluster computer" at Massey's Albany campus will be used mainly to analyse genetic sequences. It was named this week as the world's 304th-most-powerful supercomputer by an American "top 500" website. Click here for more.

General

Molecules drive IBM's smallest computer: IBM scientists have built the tiniest computer circuit yet using individual molecules, a move they say advances their push toward smaller, faster electronics. One circuit is so small that 190 billion could fit on a standard pencil-top eraser, IBM said. Click here for more.

Scientists plan to shake hands via Internet: No big deal one might think - only they will be 3,000 miles apart, using the Internet to connect them. In a technological first, they will use pencil-like devices called phantoms to recreate the sense of touch across the Atlantic, organisers of the experiment said. The phantoms send small impulses at very high frequencies down the Internet using newly developed fibre optic cables and extremely high bandwidths. Click here for more.

Video games kicking the sex up a notch: Women go topless, and strippers bump and grind. Highlights from the latest Girls Gone Wild video? No, it's some of the action in a new breed of video games that has retailers and family activists in an uproar. Violence always has been an integral and controversial aspect of video games. Now sex is coming to the forefront. Click here for more.

Cray unveils fastest supercomputer: Cray announced on Thursday a new supercomputer that will leave its fastest counterparts in the dust. Cray’s X1 will offer up to 52.4 teraflops, or trillion mathematical calculations per second. Reaching that level requires 4,098 custom-designed 800MHz Cray processors. Click here for more.

Global Internet population reaches new high: The number of Internet users worldwide is expected to reach 655 million by the end of 2002, according to the United Nations. A new report from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) indicates that developing countries accounted for almost one third of new Internet users in 2001. Click here for more.

Bond gadgets: fact, fiction, fun: The girls, you could argue, are just a distraction in James Bond films. The gadgets are the real stars, and time and time again, they save Bond’s skin. Now if you’re the type who can’t help un-suspending your disbelief, then you can’t help wondering just how realistic Bond gadgets are. CIA-types and geeks love to bicker over that one. But the question is really irrelevant, according to Bond techno-watchers. Click here for more.

Ten rules for taming the e-mail monster: Many managers and workers feel buried in a daily blitz of e-mails, both from inside and outside their organisations. While some feel overwhelmed by this sometimes distracting phenomenon, the proper flow and selective storage of e-mails can help reduce the number of meetings as well as manage daily, weekly and monthly activities. Click here for more.

Windows Wire

New Outlook to give spammers the boot: Microsoft is taking spam fighting more seriously in the next version of its widely used Outlook e-mail and contact-management software. Outlook 11 will, by default, no longer grab data such as images from outside servers when previewing e-mail formatted like Web pages. The ability to send and receive e-mail formatted in Hypertext Markup Language (HTML) was at one time touted as a feature in Microsoft's e-mail programs. Click here for more.

Microsoft's legal battles remain: Microsoft Corp. may have won its war with the government, but the legal battles with competitors and customers allegedly harmed by its monopolistic practices are far from over. Shares in Microsoft Corp. rose $3.10, or 6 percent, yesterday, closing at $56.10 in the first trading session since a federal judge Friday upheld most aspects of a proposed settlement of the US Justice Department's long-running antitrust case against the company. Click here for more.

Fighting Microsoft the Open-Source Way: While the appeals court ruling last week upholding Microsoft's settlement with the Justice Department was a molar or two away from being toothless, Microsoft faces a bigger potential check to its dominance today than it did at the height of the browser wars five years ago. This comes not from an ever-vigilant judiciary but (more fittingly) from an ever-adapting market. Click here for more.

Will Microsoft Play Nice Now?: In his first appearance since the announcement of the landmark Microsoft antitrust settlement, CEO Steve Ballmer told an audience last week that the software giant is striving to fulfil the provisions of the settlement decree. Of course, it remains to be seen how the company actually will conduct business in the future. Some analysts see Microsoft's efforts as superficial, while others say the company has made significant alterations to its practices. Will the software giant play nice in the post-trial era? Click here for more.

MacNews

Security and Safety

Why Can't Hackers Be Stopped?: Enterprise networks often use packet firewalls at the network perimeter, but they are of little use against active components because they examine only header information. The battle between malicious hackers and system administrators is a never-ending tug-of-war between constantly evolving adversaries. Every time administrators seem to have gained the upper hand, their nemeses change in surprisingly agile ways. Click here for more.

Math discovery rattles Net security: Will Manindra Agrawal bring about the end of the Internet as we know it? The question is not as ridiculous as it was just two months ago. Prof. Agrawal is a 36-year old theoretical computer scientist at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kanpur, India. In August, he solved a problem that had eluded millennia of mathematicians: developing a method to determine with complete certainty if a number is prime. Click here for more.

Future Hacking: How Vulnerable Is the Net?: In a recent report on terrorism, the CIA stated, "Cyberwarfare attacks against our critical infrastructure systems will become an increasingly viable option for terrorists." According to the report, various terrorist groups, including al-Qaeda and Hizballah, are becoming more adept at using the Internet and computer technologies, and the FBI is monitoring an increasing number of cyber threats. Click here for more.

Security Watch: How worms of the future will attack: As we get better at fighting worms and viruses, the individuals who create these threats also get craftier. This week, Robert Vamosi helps you prepare for the worst by explaining how worms will improve their havoc-wreaking skills in coming years. Click here for more.

Warning Over E-Card Spam Scam: Security companies are warning of an e-card company that downloads a spamming application onto visitors' PCs. An e-card outfit has been accused of using a dubious social engineering trick to lure users into spamming all the contacts in their Outlook address book. Click here for more.

CyberStalking - The Information SuperSpyWay: CyberStalking is a reality, unfortunately there are some misfortunate people out there who feel they are justified in taking any action to get their point across. In this on-line world it's all too easy to find information about people, and then misuse it for whatever purpose. Even if the information isn't correct it may be distributed to 3rd parties, who are likely to have an initial view based on the information, even if they subsequently find out it's wrong. Click here for more.

Security law puts Internet under scrutiny: Internet providers such as America Online could give the government more information about subscribers and police would gain new Internet wiretap powers under legislation creating the new Department of Homeland Security. Provisions of the bill tucked into a section about "cyber-security enhancements" received scant attention during debate. Most of these provisions passed the House as part of separate legislation in an overwhelming 385-3 vote during the summer, but they were never considered in the Senate Click here for more.

The Weird, Weird Web

Can the Web Be Believed? Not Always: Does the World Wide Web have a credibility problem? Such a question may sound like the opening line of a joke. But a new study released on Monday goes to painstaking lengths to show that consumers should not believe everything they read on Web sites, even from sites claiming to be authoritative sources. Click here for more.

Want to know what people email to Saddam Hussein?: An insight in what people want to tell Saddam Hussein comes from the pitifully poor security setup on the Iraqi President's main Web page. The contact email address on the Iraqi President's site , run by Uruklink.net (Iraq's state-controlled ISP), is press@uruklink.net. Click here for more.

Net baby sale case creates history: A Melbourne mother accused of trying to sell her baby over the internet denied she was trying to make money out of the scheme, a court heard. In the first case of its kind in Australia, the 39-year-old mother-of-three is contesting two charges under the 1984 Adoption Act. The woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, is accused of agreeing to receive $10,000 from an American couple on May 15 last year for the adoption of her child. Click here for more.

The Penguin Roars

Open source legal warning: Many developers and users of open source software were exposing themselves to legal threats and vulnerabilities yet to be tested under Australian law, an expert has warned. Minter Ellison technology group senior associate Debra Tippett said users must be properly informed of risks associated with open-source licences, such as the General Public License. Click here for more.

Microsoft ruling creates opening for Linux: When U.S. District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly confirmed the Microsoft settlement Friday to the dismay of Evil Empire haters everywhere, I immediately thought of my friend Ze Ayala. Ze is a Windows survivor. He spent years of frustration railing against Microsoft's monopolistic practices and software mediocrity. Then he decided to do something about it, and he's been a different person since. Click here for more.

101 things that the Mozilla browser can do that IE cannot : The following lists 101 things that one can do with the Mozilla browser component that one cannot do with IE. The list only includes things that don't require manually changing the registry or some other obscure thing. I used the Windows version of IE 6.0; the list will vary slightly for the Mac version. Click here for more.

 

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Bringing It All Back Home

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Take care through December,

Rob Zorn
editor@actrix.co.nz
http://editor.actrix.co.nz