[Lowfer] Photobucket

[Michael Sapp]

JD:  I stopped using photobucket because the advertising volume was 
unbearable...my AdBlock plug-in would stop a hundred or more advertising 
links....no one wants to see a jpg file that badly....

Mike wa3tts


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "JD" <listread at lwca.org>
To: "Discussion of the Lowfer (US, European, & UK) and MedFer bands" 
<lowfer at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 26, 2016 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] EAR in Ga


>>>> Just close that box and you should be able to go to the shared file.
>
> Doesn't always work, either. And sometimes you'll eventually encounter the 
> more fundamental reason why...a  message arrogantly stating that "Dropbox 
> doesn't support your browser."
>
> It is arrogance because no Web site "supports" the user's browser. It's 
> actually a question of whether or not the _browser_ supports whatever 
> newfangled doodads the Web developer insists on using on his pages! But 
> they phrase it to make it sound as if they've been doing us a favor by 
> "supporting" our software all along, so now it's up to us to get with the 
> program, so THEY can do the things THEY want to do...which is to intrude 
> further onto our machines. <end soapbox mode>
>
> Anyway, does anyone use Photobucket any more?  I know it's handy to just 
> drop files in a folder on your computer and let Dropbox come along and 
> rummage around and pick them up when it decides to, but that convenience 
> in uploading seems to be more than offset by the inconvenience in viewing.
> ______________________________________________________________
> Lowfer mailing list
> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/lowfer
> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm
> Post: mailto:Lowfer at mailman.qth.net
> Post must be less than 50KB total for message plus attachment!
>
> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net
> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html