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Snail mail is worth keeping
Regarding Issue 488’s
Page 404 column,
perhaps Mr Collins
would care to consider
the sizeable proportion
of the population
who do not have a PC
or access to a mobile
phone. Many elderly people who struggle
to understand modern technology
depend heavily on so-called snail mail
and would be marginalised and even
more alone if it were to be stamped out.
If Mr Collins reaches the grand age of
94, he too may struggle with the latest
tech of the moment. Something that has
survived since the time of the Pharaohs
might just be worth keeping. Support it
because you might need it in the future.
Sam Ellis, via emailMalwarebytes did clash with
Kaspersky
Your workshop on page 52, Issue 490,
said the latest version of Malwarebytes
wouldn’t clash with any other security
software. However, a few days ago,
Kaspersky offered a download of an
updated version of its software (not the
routine database) and, after accepting
the offer, I was told I would have to
delete Malwarebytes as a conflictingprogram. Afterwards, the download
completed successfully.
Is this a case of two alpha males
locking horns, or is Kaspersky unable to
see the difference between the premium
and free versions of Malwarebytes? The
former would run in parallel – hence a
possible clash; the free one is invoked
when required. The previous versions
of Malwarebytes never upset Kaspersky
on my PC.
Incidentally, Malwarebytes takes a
couple of seconds to scan for rootkits(just a few hundred files at the most),
while Kaspersky takes a few minutes and
scans over 2,000 files!
J Zarach, Market DraytonThanks for the free Windows
upgrade
I put off upgrading to Windows 10,
fearing problems with my existing
programs, but after discussing this with
a friend – a computer security expert –
I was persuaded to bite the bullet.
Seeing Nik Rawlinson’s feature in Issue135246Quiz Answers: Issue 492
Goldfinger
Midnight Cowboy
Dr Strangelove
The Good, the
Bad and the UglyPlanet of
the ApesRosemary’s Baby
I
swore to myself
that after all the
problems I had with
Internet Explorer over
the years, I’d never
touch a Microsoft
web browser again.
However, after reading
your main feature in
Issue 492, I thought
I’d give the new
Chromium Edge
a try, fully expecting
to be disappointed.
Imagine my surprise
at discovering that it’s
actually rather good. It loads quickly,
has a nice, clean interface and
although it shows lots of unnecessaryImpressed with the new Microsoft Edge
stuff on your homepage,
such as news headlines,
this is easy enough to hide.
As a Chrome user for
the last eight years,
I found the new Edge
(which looks much the
same) very straightforward
to use, and it’s great that
you can install extensions
from the Chrome Web
Store. It’s also easy to
import your bookmarks
and passwords from
Chrome, to save you
having to set them up all
over again. However, I do wish Microsoft
had abandoned its insistence on calling
bookmarks ‘favorites’, or at least learnedto spell the word correctly.
I haven’t tried all the features yet -
I’m still not sure what the point of
Collections is – but my first impressions
of the browser are very positive. I
particularly like the ‘Immersive reader’
mode for removing the clutter from
web pages and making them easier to
print, and the ‘Read aloud’ option for
listening to content - both features that
Chrome would benefit from adding.
Like many people, I thought
Microsoft switching to Chromium
was an admission of defeat, but I think
it’s made the right choice and I would
encourage anyone who still harbours
bad memories of Internet Explorer to
give the new Edge a go.
Keith Tilbury, via emailStar Email
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