Subj : ..Iapetus is pictured here in 3D
To   : Alan Ianson
From : August Abolins
Date : Wed Jul 14 2021 01:43:00

Hello Alan Ianson!

** On Tuesday 13.07.21 - 21:46, Alan Ianson wrote to August Abolins:

 >> That script locks up an older browser and pc up tight.

 AI> You mean when you visit the apod website it locks up your PC?

Well.. as the APOD page was trying to render, there was nothing  
I could do to.  I couldn't move the mouse, keyboard commands  
were unresposive (even ctr-alr-del to get the task manager  
wouldn't work) ..to the point where I was ready to force a hard  
shutdown 'cuz nothing seemed to be changing for a very long  
time.

But, I noticed that the wifi-light on the pc was still showing  
activity, so I gave everything a chance and waited a bit  
longer.

 >> On my Win7 and a more recent FF browser, it's fine.

 AI> I don't actually have an older OS or web browser I can
 AI> run. I've noticed that ftp links don't work anymore in my
 AI> FF, v 90.something.

Yeah.. ftp from the browser was very convenient. I liked it.

 AI> That's a real bummer for me but I guess that's progress,
 AI> or something.

It's breaking the enjoyment of visiting some web-bbses that  
offered file areas directly from the browser.

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