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Re: 'Net Peeves
Posted By: Faux Pas, on host 208.255.118.121
Date: Tuesday, December 8, 1998, at 17:07:10
In Reply To: 'Net Peeves posted by Tyler on Tuesday, December 8, 1998, at 09:20:26:

> I just got my RinkWorks update in my hotmail, and, as always, clicked on a link, and, as always, it kept that %$? little notice that informs you how to get back to hotmail (if you can't figure it out you shouldn't be using the internet) and fiddles with the area I can browse in. I know I am outside hotmail, and I like it!

I used to work for The Mining Co. (the now-defunct Shadowrun.MiningCo.com) and I hated using frames. External sites pop up in a frameset, location bar still has the Miningco.com address. We call that a "parasite". It makes bookmarking sites a real ... well, gotta watch my language.

WRT Hotmail's parasite, has anyone noticed that the only place that MSN hasn't replaced the way cool Hotmail logo with thier own is in the top frame in the "return to hotmail" frame?

-Faux P"no quote here"as

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