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The kit, or not
Posted by Mike Sugarbaker at 7:48 am on 1/22/2003
I’ve been thinking about what to post about the promised “kit” – the standard set of Internet software that one should use for maximum safety and comfort – and there isn’t much to say, I’m finding, besides “use Mozilla, filter your spam somehow and try not to use Outlook.” I’ll have more to say about spam filters soon, but peep this:
Second-Order Digital Divide: Differences In People’s Online Skills
Sooner or later, this will percolate up to the mainstream press in a much bigger way, and computer makers will be forced to answer for the egregious lag in user interface across the board. Or at least that’s the current fantasy.