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Bra

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by Bra » Tue, 19 Feb 2002 19:35:56

I'm flip flopping between Momo, Act Labs and Sidewinder, I have had
good luck with Microsoft peripherals for durability and ease of use.
Most of the reiviews I find are two or five years old is their any
recent reiviews any of you all know about?

Thanks in advance.......

Brad

"It's important to listen. Listen and learn
 from other players, but also put yourself in
 a position where you can listen to yourself."

 Joe Satriani

Andre Warrin

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by Andre Warrin » Tue, 19 Feb 2002 20:18:45


>I'm flip flopping between Momo, Act Labs and Sidewinder, I have had
>good luck with Microsoft peripherals for durability and ease of use.
>Most of the reiviews I find are two or five years old is their any
>recent reiviews any of you all know about?

>Thanks in advance.......

>Brad

I posted a topic 'wheels review' here yesterday with recent reviews of
the wheels you mention, and other wheels.

Andre

Bra

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by Bra » Wed, 20 Feb 2002 10:01:52




>>I'm flip flopping between Momo, Act Labs and Sidewinder, I have had
>>good luck with Microsoft peripherals for durability and ease of use.
>>Most of the reiviews I find are two or five years old is their any
>>recent reiviews any of you all know about?

>>Thanks in advance.......

>>Brad

>I posted a topic 'wheels review' here yesterday with recent reviews of
>the wheels you mention, and other wheels.

>Andre

Well, many thanks Andre but I just looked again and cant find it. I
did look before I posted and couldnt find it then either. I will just
watch for future posts.

Brad

"It's important to listen. Listen and learn
 from other players, but also put yourself in
 a position where you can listen to yourself."

 Joe Satriani

Andre Warrin

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by Andre Warrin » Wed, 20 Feb 2002 18:16:44


>Well, many thanks Andre but I just looked again and cant find it. I
>did look before I posted and couldnt find it then either. I will just
>watch for future posts.

>Brad

Here's the url again
http://firingsquad.gamers.com/hardware/2001wheelroundup/

PS use google to search for old topics, it's really handy.

Andre

Bra

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by Bra » Thu, 21 Feb 2002 16:27:48




>>Well, many thanks Andre but I just looked again and cant find it. I
>>did look before I posted and couldnt find it then either. I will just
>>watch for future posts.

>>Brad

>Here's the url again
>http://www.racesimcentral.net/

>PS use google to search for old topics, it's really handy.

>Andre

Thanks Andre I did use google I must have input it wrong probably one
of my late at nite escapades......speaking of google people were
afraid they would***up what deja had but as far as archives go I
think they did a pretty decent job. Googles search engine is the best
I have found too.

Brad

"It's important to listen. Listen and learn
 from other players, but also put yourself in
 a position where you can listen to yourself."

 Joe Satriani

Andre Warrin

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by Andre Warrin » Thu, 21 Feb 2002 17:47:21


>Thanks Andre I did use google I must have input it wrong probably one
>of my late at nite escapades......speaking of google people were
>afraid they would***up what deja had but as far as archives go I
>think they did a pretty decent job. Googles search engine is the best
>I have found too.

>Brad

Yup, Google is excellent, especially since they opened up the older
history of newsgroups, it's fun to read all the pre-hype about GPL :)

Andre

Bra

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by Bra » Fri, 01 Mar 2002 15:32:43




>>Thanks Andre I did use google I must have input it wrong probably one
>>of my late at nite escapades......speaking of google people were
>>afraid they would***up what deja had but as far as archives go I
>>think they did a pretty decent job. Googles search engine is the best
>>I have found too.

>>Brad

>Yup, Google is excellent, especially since they opened up the older
>history of newsgroups, it's fun to read all the pre-hype about GPL :)

Hey Andre have you tried Googles taskbar that you can download, it
becomes a taskbar on your browser site. It has some really nice
features, one of which I like the best is if I want to go to a
website, lets say one I just want to access a website, all I do is
type for instance "yahoo" in the search window and click "feeling
lucky" and the website comes up almost always. No need to type in any
www's or anything like that........also a real nice ranking feature.
its a very small download and in my opinion certainly worth having a
look at. No need for the standard address bar anymore. I dont have the
address handy but if you are interested I found it on Cnet or I will
look around for it if you are interested.

Brad

Andre Warrin

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by Andre Warrin » Fri, 01 Mar 2002 18:14:26


>look at. No need for the standard address bar anymore. I dont have the
>address handy but if you are interested I found it on Cnet or I will
>look around for it if you are interested.

>Brad

Thanks for the tip, I heard about the Google bar, I'll give it a try!

Yesterday I downloaded Opera, heard so much good things about it.
Opera itself is fantastic, -much- more userfriendly than IE,
everything is configurable. You can even perform basic commands with
simple mouse movements like you do in Black&White :)
First thing I did in Opera was putting the Google search bar on my
task bar, really handy.

Opera would be really perfect if it wasn't for the fact that HALF OF
THE AVAILABLE SITES DON'T WORK WITH OPERA, aargh!
Even the most simply layers, javescripts or flash animations are too
much to handle for Opera. Dang!

Andre

John Poutr

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by John Poutr » Fri, 01 Mar 2002 23:35:07

http://www.racesimcentral.net/





> >>Thanks Andre I did use google I must have input it wrong probably one
> >>of my late at nite escapades......speaking of google people were
> >>afraid they would***up what deja had but as far as archives go I
> >>think they did a pretty decent job. Googles search engine is the best
> >>I have found too.

> >>Brad

> >Yup, Google is excellent, especially since they opened up the older
> >history of newsgroups, it's fun to read all the pre-hype about GPL :)

> Hey Andre have you tried Googles taskbar that you can download, it
> becomes a taskbar on your browser site. It has some really nice
> features, one of which I like the best is if I want to go to a
> website, lets say one I just want to access a website, all I do is
> type for instance "yahoo" in the search window and click "feeling
> lucky" and the website comes up almost always. No need to type in any
> www's or anything like that........also a real nice ranking feature.
> its a very small download and in my opinion certainly worth having a
> look at. No need for the standard address bar anymore. I dont have the
> address handy but if you are interested I found it on Cnet or I will
> look around for it if you are interested.

> Brad

Bra

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by Bra » Sat, 02 Mar 2002 19:18:27



>Thanks for the tip, I heard about the Google bar, I'll give it a try!

>Yesterday I downloaded Opera, heard so much good things about it.
>Opera itself is fantastic,
>Andre

Go figure, I downloaded Opera a couple of days ago and havent gotten
around to installing it yet, I have heard a lot of good things about
it also. Give Google a little time and look at and learn the
customization. I dont think I missed yet on using it like an address
bar but typing in the company name only, its a lot faster than typing
in addresses.

What did you mean about half the website available on opera?

By the way let me ask another question that will show my densness a
little bit, what is TSW in regard to steering wheels? I have been
trying to talk myself into a wheel for awhile now and have just
decided on Momo over Act labs is TSW something I should consider?

Brad

Andre Warrin

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by Andre Warrin » Sat, 02 Mar 2002 22:13:52


>What did you mean about half the website available on opera?

I meant that half of the websites I tried to visit with Opera didn't
work. Menus didn't work, pictures didn't show up sometimes, and quite
often when I typed in an url Opera simply didn't go to that website,
it simply did nothing.
I tried Opera both from home and at work and at both places the same
problems. Great program, very userfriendly, but it's not much use when
so many sites don't work with it. Back to IE :-/

The momo over act is a good choice imho :)
TSW is an extremely good quality wheel (I read this, havent tried the
TSW in person) but it's non-ff.
And non-ff is a no-no!

Andre

Goy Larse

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by Goy Larse » Sat, 02 Mar 2002 22:20:08



> >look at. No need for the standard address bar anymore. I dont have the
> >address handy but if you are interested I found it on Cnet or I will
> >look around for it if you are interested.

> >Brad

> Thanks for the tip, I heard about the Google bar, I'll give it a try!

> Yesterday I downloaded Opera, heard so much good things about it.
> Opera itself is fantastic, -much- more userfriendly than IE,
> everything is configurable. You can even perform basic commands with
> simple mouse movements like you do in Black&White :)
> First thing I did in Opera was putting the Google search bar on my
> task bar, really handy.

> Opera would be really perfect if it wasn't for the fact that HALF OF
> THE AVAILABLE SITES DON'T WORK WITH OPERA, aargh!
> Even the most simply layers, javescripts or flash animations are too
> much to handle for Opera. Dang!

Actually, if web designers would stick to HTML standards, this wouldn't
be a problem, personally I've only found a few sites that doesn't work
in Opera when running in IE compatibility, www.autosport.com being the
most important one to me, but for those sites I use IE as a backup

Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy

"The Pits"    http://www.theuspits.com/

"Animation isn't the illusion of life; it is life"
--Chuck Jones (1912-2002)--

Andre Warrin

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by Andre Warrin » Sat, 02 Mar 2002 22:37:43


>Actually, if web designers would stick to HTML standards, this wouldn't
>be a problem, personally I've only found a few sites that doesn't work
>in Opera when running in IE compatibility, www.autosport.com being the
>most important one to me, but for those sites I use IE as a backup

I do all my webdesign with Dreamweaver, and if Opera doesn't support
sites build with Dreamweaver it's not good enough in my book.
One of my sites is really simple, some text and pictures put in
layers. Works perfect in Netscape and IE, in Opera the pictures don't
show up.
Seriously, I visited a lot of sites with Opera and about half of them
had problems. We can't go back 3 years in time because of Opera not
supporting basic features like java, flash and layers :-/
If Opera would support everything IE does, Opera would be the winner
hands down.

Andre

Goy Larse

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by Goy Larse » Sat, 02 Mar 2002 22:51:36



> >Actually, if web designers would stick to HTML standards, this wouldn't
> >be a problem, personally I've only found a few sites that doesn't work
> >in Opera when running in IE compatibility, www.autosport.com being the
> >most important one to me, but for those sites I use IE as a backup

> I do all my webdesign with Dreamweaver, and if Opera doesn't support
> sites build with Dreamweaver it's not good enough in my book.
> One of my sites is really simple, some text and pictures put in
> layers. Works perfect in Netscape and IE, in Opera the pictures don't
> show up.
> Seriously, I visited a lot of sites with Opera and about half of them
> had problems. We can't go back 3 years in time because of Opera not
> supporting basic features like java, flash and layers :-/
> If Opera would support everything IE does, Opera would be the winner
> hands down.

I'd be interested in trying some of those sites myself, URL please ?

Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy

"The Pits"    http://www.theuspits.com/

"Animation isn't the illusion of life; it is life"
--Chuck Jones (1912-2002)--

Andre Warrin

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by Andre Warrin » Sat, 02 Mar 2002 22:54:32


>I'd be interested in trying some of those sites myself, URL please ?

www.turkijeplus.nl
www.slmc.nl

No funny comments about the quality of the sites please :)

Andre


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