HTML Conversion v. Launching Helper Apps

[Bill Moseley]

At 05:00 AM 10/28/96 -0800, Thomas Dowling wrote:
> What are the pros/cons to taking the time to convert a Word file to
> html, say with Internet Assistant,  vs. simply launching Word as a
> helper app?  I'm assuming the ability to insert links in the converted
> doc is one.  Any other ideas on this?

Eh, there is the issue of Word macro viruses.  HTML has a hard time writing
to your disk, but word can do it without problem.  I'd be very careful what
helper apps you allow your browser to execute.


Bill Moseley
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