Dowco Consultants Ltd.

Dowco Consultants and Dowco Computers Systems are pleased to announce the following special offer:

When you purchase a Tekla Structures, Steel Detailing, Standard Design or Project Management licence we will at no charge help you establish your web presence.

If you’re confused about all of this, professionals at Dowco Computer Systems will walk you through the entire process once you have purchased your Tekla Structures licence. We’ll help you decide on the most appropriate domain name, help establish your email addresses while integrating them with your existing addresses, and if necessary we can provide development services in creating your website.

The security of online banking and purchasing has reached the point of being just as secure as making a purchase in a regular store.

Secure web sites (you will see a padlock icon in the status bar at the bottom of your browser, or the URL will begin with ‘https’) use encryption in exchanging data between a merchant/banker and a customer. If you are providing credit card information, these signs should be visible, and the online shop should provide details of its security procedures on its website for you to review.

For somebody to intercept this data would be very difficult to do. Yet, if somebody were somehow able to capture this financial data, the decryption process would take many months of work by dozens of very fast computers. While no encryption process is 100% perfect, this extended length of time required to decrypt any financial transaction makes if impractical for any would-be thief to steal your data from an Internet purchase and make use of it.

A good precaution against somebody fraudulently logging on to your financial sites is through the use of a good password. When creating a password, consider using a combination of numbers and letters, upper and lower case, and do not base it on personal information like your birth date, address or phone number. Although having to remember multiple passwords can be difficult, it is a good idea not to use the same password for multiple purposes.

Also, shop at reputable businesses. A reputable company will list a mailing address and other methods by which you can contact them. In addition, most recognized online stores display third party seals of approval. These seals are awarded by reputable organizations that monitor online fraud. An example is TRUSTe.

What is it and why do I want to try it when Internet Explorer or Netscape works fine?

The Mozilla Project started off when Netscape released most of their browser’s (Netscape Navigator) source code. Mozilla is a suite of programs, much like Netscape Communicator, but with more features.

You can view different web sites with just one instance of the browser and just switch views by clicking on the tabs.

It doesn’t clutter the Windows taskbar with multiple instances of the program. Tabs can be easily closed using the middle mouse button or right clicking on the tab and choosing the close tab option.

Pop Up Blocker

It has the ability to block unwanted popup windows and images from certain websites.

Runs on other operating systems

It has versions for Windows, Mac, Linux, etc., with almost the same look and feel and aims to be standards compliant.

Now for the disadvantages:

Slower startup time

Compared to other browsers, startup time seems slower. Using the QuickLaunch option can make the loading time faster.

Firefox, a leaner web browser only program, based on the same rendering engine that Mozilla uses is another choice.

Best viewed with...

Websites requiring specific Internet Explorer or Netscape functionality may not display as expected.

Where do I download it and which version should I download?

You can check them out at http://www.mozilla.org.

As of this date, the stable version of Mozilla is 1.6.

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