What’s the FIRST thing you’re going to want to add after you figure out how to programatically request web pages through Microsoft’s WinINet HTTP API? Perhaps add a timeout? Forget it.

UPDATE: Even with my snotty tone, I still got some great feedback from someone at Microsoft, Ari Pernick, about the state of things – see the comments. Thanks Ari!

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I succumbed to the dirty sirens of capitalism – notice the Google AdSense gunk on the right and bottom – if I were you, I’d install AdBlock and block AdSense. (continued…)

It’s a pain to find Firefox extensions, there are just too danged many of them. Firefox is too popular for its own good? :> Anyway, here are mine, so I don’t have to dig around anymore. I guess my grandkids will make fun of me for clutching desperately to my frames and old Scritti Politti albums… it’s a fate I accept…

UPDATE: Warning, you might want to hold off on Firefox 2.0, there are very few extensions for it yet…

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