Re: [PCWorks] What's The Big Hurry (Rant)?
- From: Hugh Vandervoort <hughva@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 05:04:23 -0400
I'm not so sure about "extorted" as there's no money involved.
As the web involves, apps are becoming more web-centric and security
has become even more critical. No one ever anticipated today's web
when Netscape ruled the web, and modern computers are so much more
capable it would be a sin if browsers hadn't evolved along with them.
The new (Free) browsers are most definitely a good thing and a sign of
a healthy internet.
That said, you guys are probably now eager to download FF 4.0, which
just came out. :)
On Wed, Mar 23, 2011 at 1:55 AM, Clint Hamilton-PCWorks Admin
<PCWorks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I HATE being extorted into upgrading as well. But sites have
> been like that for years now. It's like they all are in some
> kind of "upgrade conspiracy". What the hell business is it of
> them (websites) as to what browser people want to use? If they
> knew what they were doing, their websites would work in ANY
> browser! And, that is NOT hard to do, in fact, it's easier to
> leave them as they were with older browsers (which of courses
> work FINE with new browsers), than loading websites up with
> this bandwidth-hogging resource-hogging browser-proprietary
> garbage. I feel like "shooting them the bird" when I see that.
> -Clint
>
> God Bless,
> Clint Hamilton, Owner
> www.OrpheusComputing.com
> www.ComputersCustomBuilt.com
> www.OrpheusComputing.com/cheap_reliable_web_hosting.html
> www.OrpheusComputing.com/PCworks-computer-help-email-list.html
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tom"
>
> I know I'm a curmudgeon and often resist change, but this
> morning I went to a website and it told me my browser is out
> of date and I should upgrade to Internet Explorer 8 or
> higher. It seems to me that it hasn't been all that long ago
> since Internet Explorer 7 came out and that 8 has just been
> out a short time. It's almost like car manufacturers
> requiring everyone to buy a new car every year.
>
> I'm not against the rapid improvement of software, what I am
> against is making the older software obsolete so quickly.
>
> End of rant!
>
> Tom
>
>
>
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