More TI Connect ranting

threefingeredguy · Post by **threefingeredguy** » Wed 02 Nov, 2005 10:17 pm

I did.

currahee · Post by **currahee** » Wed 02 Nov, 2005 10:27 pm

Opera sucks, FF sucks, Netscape 4 is the best fwwhahaha...
I still have the black link though I dunno what it's good for anymore... I dont have a TI-83+... maybe when I get back to the states i'll see if the 83+ Graphlink works on the 84+

Post by **tr1p1ea** » Thu 03 Nov, 2005 1:41 pm

Opera is great and i havent ever tested graphlink with the 84+ ... ticonnect seems to work ok, although it is extremely slow.

Though ticonnect likes to install its shortcuts when i try to do certain things sometimes ... stupid thing.

Andy_J · Post by **Andy_J** » Thu 03 Nov, 2005 4:03 pm

Yeah, it does that if you delete or move them.... I've found it's best to just leave the damn things where it puts them so it doesn't pop up and annoy you at inopportune times.

currahee · Post by **currahee** » Thu 03 Nov, 2005 5:01 pm

tr1p1ea wrote:Opera is great and i havent ever tested graphlink with the 84+ ... ticonnect seems to work ok, although it is extremely slow.

Though ticonnect likes to install its shortcuts when i try to do certain things sometimes ... stupid thing.

Had a firewall on, AV on, and a stupid IRC trojan slipped through into my laptop THROUGH Opera. Clever bastard, since you need to allow access to and from the internet that worm has a 100% chance to get in without anything stopping it...

Becuase of that i'm never using Opera again.

Post by **tr1p1ea** » Thu 03 Nov, 2005 5:54 pm

How can you be 100% certain that Opera was to blame? Either way i dont mind what you use ... as longas it isnt ie

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Andy_J · Post by **Andy_J** » Thu 03 Nov, 2005 6:55 pm

currahee wrote:
tr1p1ea wrote:Opera is great and i havent ever tested graphlink with the 84+ ... ticonnect seems to work ok, although it is extremely slow.

Though ticonnect likes to install its shortcuts when i try to do certain things sometimes ... stupid thing.
Had a firewall on, AV on, and a stupid IRC trojan slipped through into my laptop THROUGH Opera. Clever bastard, since you need to allow access to and from the internet that worm has a 100% chance to get in without anything stopping it...

Becuase of that i'm never using Opera again.

(my emphasis)

Well, were you using Opera's IRC module? Regardless, your IRC client should prompt you before accepting a file transfer, and it shouldn't run the file without you telling it to. I'm fairly certain that Opera is clean on both counts.

currahee · Post by **currahee** » Sat 05 Nov, 2005 9:36 am

Then again here's my argument: Why would I accept a file transfer from a public room with people I don't know?