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** Reply to note from K Fearon <[log in to unmask]> Fri, 12 Jul 2002 15:58:31 +0100 > > I have to say I don't like Opera. I find the GUI clunky and unintuitive, > > I do like it, but more to the point, on my low-spec home machine it's > probably the only 'modern' browser I could run. We have something called > the Computer Recycling Project which offers refurbished ex-office cheap > internet-compatible machines to students, schools and charities. Do they > have the option to use IE5.5? We have a responsibility for widening > participation, we have to consider these issues too. A very correct comment! How many times have I hit my head on the brick wall (called Standards) when I talk about potential and actual students with economic "disabilities" who cannot afford the latest. Charles ============================================== Charles Christacopoulos, Data Protection & Management Information Officer, Planning & Information, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN, Scotland, United Kingdom. Tel: 44(0)1382-344891. Fax: 44(0)1382-201604. http://www.somis.dundee.ac.uk/ http://somis2.ais.dundee.ac.uk/