Posts by SwitchedOn

'Grey technology' should be the new black

Re: "Grey" tech should be Top tech.

I have already complained to the webmasters of several websites about their non-sensically SMALL type that many people can't read, and also those that have on their website, or on things you need to print out, GREY text! It is a pisser, and although I am not yet quite "grey" I have complained ahead of time, as I can still see such text -- just. But yes, it is a totally short-sighted (!) and self-centred policy -- obviously the guys that do the programming have NO CONCEPT about the existence of anybody else more than about 10 years older than them! Their stupidity and lack of empathy and fore-sight appalls me...

And actually, I don't know if it is just my screen (on a Lenovo T420) but even THIS website has pretty close to TINY letters! Only after I've hit Ctrl + three times is it anywhere near reasonable. This MAY be a question of settings, but I have seen many websites where the (small) text is all down one side, with NOTHING on the other! I mean, what's the bloody point? They obviously have plenty of space to ENLARGE the text, and spread it further across the page. But they don't.

Stupid, or what?

Asus Eee Pad Transformer Android tablet

A DOS Holdout....

Does anyone know if you can run WORDSTAR on the machine???

Basically I'm an unashamed DOS man -- because I am still using WordStar Professional Release 4 (don't groan -- I have an "investment" of 27 YEARS of WordStar files!).

So I would dearly like to know for sure if the Transformer can possibly run this DOS programme, and an assortment of DOS utilities I use every day. Call me old fashioned, but WordStar was once the most popular word processing programme in the world....

If the Transformer has not totally transformed the electronic environment, and I CAN run WordStar -- I'll get one. Soon. If not, wild horses couldn't drag me close enough to a shop to buy one.....