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  Re: Lugnet for beginners
 
(...) Excellent! I didn't know Internet Exploiter had that. Here's one thing I've been experimenting with in Netscrape Navigator... (2 URLs) close to that level of flexibility does MSIE come? --Todd (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Lugnet for beginners
 
(...) Same functionality. Only you can also put the links bar in your taskbar (It's the Links selection under toolbars). You can also put your address bar in the taskbar. With these options, you can go to your bookmarks even if your browser isn't (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Lugnet for beginners
 
On Thu, 2 Mar 2000 04:27:44 GMT Rob Farver <rfarver@rcn.com> wrote concerning 'Re: Lugnet for beginners': (...) isn't that like saving a link on the desktop, or on the taskbar launcher? Dan (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Lugnet for beginners
 
(...) Almost. The big difference is that when you click on a folder in the Links toolbar it pops up a submenu with all the links in it. If you click on a folder in a regular taskbar toolbar it opens an explorer window with its contents. Rob (...) (25 years ago, 2-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Lugnet for beginners
 
(...) You know, I know you don't like these tools. But they *are* trademarked names, and I feel you're diluting the trademark when you make fun of them. You seem to do it just about every time too. Just something to ponder. I work for a product (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  Re: Lugnet for beginners
 
(...) I've (...) I believe his characterization of IE would fall under (political) parody and is therefore fair use. The other possibility is that he meant it as fact, which he would be completely justified as claiming, even in court. I'm not sure (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Lugnet for beginners
 
Moved to off-topic.debate (...) Huh? Maybe there's some facet of trademark law I'm unfamiliar with, but how is *discussing* a product, even in negative terms, a trademark dilution? Are you seriously suggesting that saying something negative (even as (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Lugnet for beginners
 
(...) In the same way that calling Lego brand building blocks "legos" is trademark dilution. In the same way that calling facial tissue "Kleenex" is. Well, not precisely the same, because those usages probably aren't negative, just dilutive, but (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Lugnet for beginners
 
(...) Maybe it is this sort of thing that does dilute trademarks, like parents telling their kids to run off and play with legos. Lego can try to cure the problem by asking us to stop using their name that way (they really tried back around 1980.) (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: Lugnet for beginners
 
(...) Point well taken. --Todd (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.admin.general)
 
  tm's and web browsers
 
(...) The parallel is that it's hypocritical for someone to openly bastardize other product names and not expect others to bastardize one's own names, or at least to preach non-bastardization of one's own names while openly bastardizing other names. (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Re: tm's and web browsers
 
On Fri, 10 Mar 2000 18:13:04 GMT Todd Lehman <lehman@javanet.com> wrote concerning 'tm's and web browsers': (...) after having to killall netscape once too many, I decided to try out mozilla - and so far, I do kinda like it... I think it's faster (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
 
  Making fun of someone else's trademarks (was Lugnet for beginners
 
Definitely NOT saying it's illegal. I agree with K that it's covered by fair use, no doubt. So you can spin that thread back down. :-) But what I was saying was that Todd, as a trademark holder himself, (remember, it's Lugnet(TM)), might not like it (...) (25 years ago, 10-Mar-00, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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