From owner-freebsd-doc Mon Mar 8 22:42: 3 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Received: from mta1-rme.xtra.co.nz (mta.xtra.co.nz [203.96.92.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9039414C5A for ; Mon, 8 Mar 1999 22:42:00 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from junkmale@pop3.xtra.co.nz) Received: from wocker ([210.55.210.87]) by mta1-rme.xtra.co.nz (InterMail v04.00.02.07 201-227-108) with SMTP id <19990309064221.JDKV682101.mta1-rme@wocker>; Tue, 9 Mar 1999 19:42:21 +1300 From: "Dan Langille" Organization: The FreeBSD Diary To: "Jordan K. Hubbard" Date: Tue, 9 Mar 1999 19:41:38 +1300 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Re: FreeBSD Handbook: Installation Reply-To: junkmale@xtra.co.nz Cc: Brad Knowles , freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG References: Your message of "Mon, 08 Mar 1999 14:12:20 PST." <3.0.5.32.19990308141220.00a5a310@mail> In-reply-to: <62194.920961354@zippy.cdrom.com> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.01d) Message-Id: <19990309064221.JDKV682101.mta1-rme@wocker> Sender: owner-freebsd-doc@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On 8 Mar 99, at 22:35, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > > Yes! All the versions I've used (2.2.2 to 3.0) before 3.1 had a direct > > link to the floppy image(s). What happened?? As someone who only recently > > got very in touch with the FreeBSD scene, I can attest that newbies are > > going to be completely confused by this. > > Wow, nobody knows how to even browse an FTP site anymore? This is a > sad world indeed if web browsers have become not only popular, but the > only interface people even understand now. :-( A few years back, a wise man (I think it was Josh Bailey) said to me: use a news reader for news, a mail reader for mail, an ftp client for ftp, and a browser for browsing. For the record, I use Agent, Pegasus, CuteFTP, and Netscape. But I have been known to use Netscape for some ftp sites. -- Dan Langille The FreeBSD Diary http://www.FreeBSDDiary.com/freebsd To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message