Comments on: inform.com launches http://gigaom.com/2005/10/17/informcom-launches/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:47:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Sam http://gigaom.com/2005/10/17/informcom-launches/#comment-26062 Sam Wed, 01 Feb 2006 09:05:37 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/10/17/informcom-launches/#comment-26062 <p>Well, if you would visit the site http://motions.sytes.net or 10000 other similar sites which, automatically detect the installed plug-ins on the remote clients your anti virus would alert that the site is infected with JS/Wonka which is not definitely true!</p> <p>There is simply no other way to detect installed plug-ins on the remote clients without using JavaScript.</p> <p>I would recommend to find yourself a better anti-virus software and not such a cheep one which, could differ between those cases. One day, may wisdom defeat ignorance :))</p> Well, if you would visit the site http://motions.sytes.net or 10000 other similar sites which, automatically detect the installed plug-ins on the remote clients your anti virus would alert that the site is infected with JS/Wonka which is not definitely true!

There is simply no other way to detect installed plug-ins on the remote clients without using JavaScript.

I would recommend to find yourself a better anti-virus software and not such a cheep one which, could differ between those cases. One day, may wisdom defeat ignorance :))

]]> By: Alex http://gigaom.com/2005/10/17/informcom-launches/#comment-26061 Alex Tue, 18 Oct 2005 05:05:59 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/10/17/informcom-launches/#comment-26061 <p>How novel - an open beta in 2005 that doesn't use Ajax! Maybe they are going for a retro kind of Y2K look and feel? I had a quick look, but found it too awful to persevere. I still have no clear idea of what makes them "better" than other news monitors.</p> How novel – an open beta in 2005 that doesn’t use Ajax! Maybe they are going for a retro kind of Y2K look and feel? I had a quick look, but found it too awful to persevere. I still have no clear idea of what makes them “better” than other news monitors.

]]> By: blogvp » Blog Archive » Taking Inform.com For a Spin http://gigaom.com/2005/10/17/informcom-launches/#comment-26060 blogvp » Blog Archive » Taking Inform.com For a Spin Mon, 17 Oct 2005 20:57:48 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/10/17/informcom-launches/#comment-26060 <p>[...] UPDATE: I was right, even Om and Business 2.0 agree that inform.com is not impressive. It’s a good feeling to be validated like that by “higher authority”. Posted at 6:05 pm in: Blog Readers [...]</p> [...] UPDATE: I was right, even Om and Business 2.0 agree that inform.com is not impressive. It’s a good feeling to be validated like that by “higher authority”. Posted at 6:05 pm in: Blog Readers [...]

]]> By: Mad Dog http://gigaom.com/2005/10/17/informcom-launches/#comment-26059 Mad Dog Mon, 17 Oct 2005 19:34:28 +0000 http://gigaom.wordpress.com/2005/10/17/informcom-launches/#comment-26059 <p>Not to mention that it uses JS. Wonka javascript as detection, which is considered to be a possible malicious virus by pretty much every antivirus company. And they open the window without toolbars or any browser navigation available -- bad form!</p> Not to mention that it uses JS. Wonka javascript as detection, which is considered to be a possible malicious virus by pretty much every antivirus company. And they open the window without toolbars or any browser navigation available — bad form!

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