Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:
Microsoft's Edge browser is the subject of an amusing new bug report, alleging it somehow manages to screw up printing strings of numbers.
The report on Microsoft's developer portal describes the issue where PDF files printed through Edge will display numbers and text incorrectly when exported.
"Edge displays PDF correctly but printed content differs notably," the bug notice reads. "Printed content depends on selected printer, on printer settings, and on used computer (please try a different setup if first result looks correct)."
[...] In the meantime, it might be a good idea to use another application to export your PDFs, especially if you're filling out an expense report or making math assignment.
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(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Monday May 08 2017, @09:21PM (4 children)
I thought the peak was DOS3.3, everything after that was "99% compatible" with previous generations, which meant to me: if your software has more than 100 lines of code, you're probably dysfunctional in the newOS, but they still piled a bunch of crap in there for reasons of "compatibility" as well as laziness to not re-implement it.
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(Score: 2) by kaszz on Tuesday May 09 2017, @03:59AM (3 children)
Yes, MS-DOS v3.3 included most things worthwhile. The rest is just needed for specific issues. Usually harddisk size.
(Score: 1) by anubi on Wednesday May 10 2017, @08:16AM (2 children)
Which was the main reason I upgraded. So I could use the new IDE drives. IIRC, I was limited to those 32MB partitions under DOS 3.3.
DOS6.22 had Doublespace... which relentlessly caused me far more trouble than it was worth.
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(Score: 2) by kaszz on Wednesday May 10 2017, @10:35AM
And it caused Microsoft a long legal headache.. because they tried to get away with the tech that Stacker had patented. ;-)
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Wednesday May 10 2017, @12:19PM
Nobody will ever need more than 640KB of RAM.
- some rich guy
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