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Why would I want HTML5?
On Mon, 15 Apr 2019 19:19:03 -0500, Average Person
wrote: On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 02:08:29 +0100, Good Guy wrote: So that you can watch videos on YouTube. Very soon you'll also need to buy a new machine with Windows 10 as Google wants people to move on to newer, more secure operating systems. Alternative is to use some other junk OS. It'll be a cold day in hell before I use Windows 10. I only can use XP online, because I am unable to get the internet at home, where I live. So I must rely on going to a place that has WIFI. My old laptop can only run XP. My home computer has Win7, but obviously that cant go online. There is no other OS, unless you mean Linux, and that is truly junk. Im considering buying a newer laptop computer that will run Win7, but before I'd even consider using Win10, I'll buy an Apple computer. Windows 7 is the last usable OS made by Microsoft. And by the way, Google can **** off. THEY DO NOT OWN THE INTERNET! Seven should run on anything that will run XP, albeit slower. I have the opportunity to look at them side by side on the same machine since I have both system drives in one machine. I just select which one will be C: with the boot selector in BIOS. |
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Why would I want HTML5?
On 16/04/2019 01:19, Average Person wrote:
And by the way, Google can **** off. THEY DO NOT OWN THE INTERNET! Don't be silly. People have tried blocking Google from their lives and they became suicidal; Some of them even lost their jobs because of their stupidity of blocking top corporations in the tech world. Watch Kashmir Hill's story in this short video: https://gizmodo.com/i-cut-google-out-of-my-life-it-screwed-up-everything-1830565500 Don't make that mistake. Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Apple owns this planet jointly. -- With over 950 million devices now running Windows 10, customer satisfaction is higher than any previous version of windows. |
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Why would I want HTML5?
On Monday, April 15, 2019 at 7:19:10 PM UTC-5, Average Person wrote:
On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 02:08:29 +0100, Good Guy wrote: So that you can watch videos on YouTube. Very soon you'll also need to buy a new machine with Windows 10 as Google wants people to move on to newer, more secure operating systems. Alternative is to use some other junk OS. It'll be a cold day in hell before I use Windows 10. I only can use XP online, because I am unable to get the internet at home, where I live. Hear, hear. :-) |
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Why would I want HTML5?
On Sat, 13 Apr 2019 18:37:42 -0500, Average Person
wrote: Im using an older version of firefox cuz the newer ones are bloated and slow down my 12 yr old computer too much. But i keep being reminded that I need HTML5 to watch youtube videos and other stuff. Besides not wanting bloatware to put my computer into turtle mode, Ive heard that HTML5 is just another gateway to allow malware on my system. Yes, I have exactly the same problem. Sometime ago I upgraded to an older version of Firefox because the newer bloated versions made my computer run too slowly, and now I keep getting told that my browser can't view videos -- not that I'd want to in most cases anyway. -- Steve Hayes http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm http://khanya.wordpress.com |
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Why would I want HTML5?
On Sun, 14 Apr 2019 08:20:52 -0400, Paul
wrote: Here is another browser to try out. It runs one process and doesn't have process isolation. It handles HTML5, according to the descriptions I could find. https://www.midori-browser.org/download/ Another one is Maxthon. I started using it when Facebook blocked my Firefox browser, unless I downloaded something on to my computer, which I refused to do. Maxthon is a bit clunky, but it seems to work OK with Windows XP. ******* On your next post, include details of the computer so we can figure out what your options are. Amount of RAM (Task Manager memory tab might give a hint) CPU type "Pentium 4 2.93GHz 2MB cache" Chipset "X48/ICH9" Video card "ATI 9200" https://www.cpuid.com/softwares/cpu-z.html ("Windows 98" version?) https://www.techspot.com/downloads/4452-gpu-z.html (WindowsXP/Vista/7) The utilities can give you various bits of information. Of those, the amount of memory gives some idea of the latitude of what you can do. The chipset gives an idea of how decrepit the memory bandwidth is (I have a system here with 1.5GB of RAM [good] but only 300MB/sec of memory bandwidth [bad]). And whether you have a BIOS popup boot menu matters too, as machines with a popup boot, might also support booting from a USB flash stick. Which is a practical way of booting alternate OSes so you can web surf. But that's only worth doing, with gobs of RAM. Teeny tiny RAM computers, the options are limited. With 512MB of RAM (typical in that era), options are limited. ******* You can get refurbished Core2 machines. This is the right time of year to try to acquire one. The Core2 tells me that installing WinXP is an option, as you'd be able to find drivers. The video card is the only questionable item. The details section says "Integrated Video", which means chipset video. Probably VGA output. "HP Refurbished ELITE 8000 Tower, 3GHz Intel Core2 Duo E8400, 500 GB HDD, 4GB DDR3, Win10 Home" $149 https://www.staples.ca/en/hp-refurbi...0_1-CA_1_20001 JoySystems refurbs are available at several major department store chains. That's if you can convince the web site to list the stuff. And you don't want more modern systems ($500), because then there might not be drivers for WinXP for the video card. For $149, an equivalent tablet might not have a lot of horsepower. A Chromebook would be slow in any case, but might allow viewing Youtube videos. Paul -- Steve Hayes http://www.khanya.org.za/stevesig.htm http://khanya.wordpress.com |
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