The only requirements are that the user have access to the Internet and can read basic email. It is designed to give an overview of several operating systems used on the Internet and to give examples of the resources available over the Internet. In the meantime, Conrad reports that CPU's LCD Saver doesn't work if you switch screen depths, and there appears to be a problem with the backlight coming back on after it has dimmed.Ĭonnectix - 800/950-5880 - 415/571-5100Ĭonrad Halling - Grove, Connectix - the Internet: An Interactive Workshopġ6-Nov-92 through 11-Dec-92 - "Navigating the Internet: An Interactive Workshop" is intended for new or infrequent users of the network of networks called the Internet.
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If you have one of those machines and CPU, send in your registration card, because Connectix has a free upgrade for registered users of those machines. I'll have to check my copy of StuffIt Deluxe to figure out what my problem is.ĬPU and the new PowerBooks - Conrad Halling wrote to tell us of problems with Connectix's CPU utility and the new PowerBooks. From the designer's viewpoint, a "clone" is even worse than outright theft, because the clone is usually a poor copy that corrupts the designer's work while depriving him of compensation."Ĭarter Scholz - Translator - Numerous people informed us that StuffIt Deluxe and StuffIt Lite 3.0 come with a defunker for the atob/btoa format (along with many others) that we mentioned last week. Hermann Zapf, the designer of Palatino, Optima, and many other beautiful fonts, from whom SoftKey has stolen their "Palamino," "Optim," and "Chancery" has long attempted to educate type users on this point. A well-designed font can take man-years of effort. Although this practice is technically legal in the USA (one of the few countries in which type fonts are not protected by copyright law), it is ethically bankrupt. Rather, each font is a clone of the original." This means, of course, that SoftKey is not paying royalties to the designer of the font. Mark writes, ".the fonts aren't the genuine fonts from the original designer. Johnson - Clone Pirates - Carter Scholz writes, "I'd like to add something to Mark Nutter's review of SoftKey's KeyFonts package in TidBITS-146. Mark Johnson, keeper of Apple's anonymous FTP site announced that Disk First Aid 7.1, which fixes the disappearing files and folders bug, is now available on in the directory: Navigating the Internet: An Interactive WorkshopĬopyright 1992 TidBITS Electronic Publishing.Tune in next week for all the great stuff that wouldn't fit! We also crammed in some short announcements, including news of Disk First Aid 7.1, which fixes the disappearing files and folders bug, a letter about font clone piracy, and a warning for CPU users who have a just-released PowerBook.
This issue overflows with a review of WriteNow 3.0, the syllabus for a free online course, "Navigating the Internet," and an alternative view of the Duo.
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