To be fair to Charles though, asking someone to use a newer browser than NS4 isn't demanding that they use "cutting edge" technology. It's 5 years old! In computing terms, that's ancient. And the argument falls down even more when you consider that newer browsers are free. And apart from Andrew's undisclosed problems, I've never known a system to crash because it's had too high a version of Internet Explorer on it.
Sure, if he'd made it so that the forums only worked on IE 6, then there would be a valid compaint. But NS4? Come on. Next people will be compaining that it won't work properly when they try to use Windows 3.1
And Chuckie hates the MAC IE. Methinks Microsoft made it bad, so that they could laugh at you! And it worked! HAHAHAHA!
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I think it's related to my dislike of people who hate change.
Yes. It is.
Either that, or it's because I now have Windows XP. PH�@R M�!
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quote:Originally posted by PsyLiam: To be fair to Charles though, asking someone to use a newer browser than NS4 isn't demanding that they use "cutting edge" technology. It's 5 years old!
Oh, I agree completely there. No offense to Andrew, but yeah, Netscape 4 is nothing but ancient. They're up to Netscape 7 now. (Though didn't they skip Netscape 5? I don't recall hearing about that version at all.)
The problem is that if you're using a computer that's even more than two years old, you're going to get stuck with some problems. And though a lot of Internet programmers/webmasters (myself included, just see the new version of my website, link in signature) like to use the latest and greatest features that new XHTML/Javascript/CSS programming can offer. There's nothing wrong with that, of course, but the fact remains that not everyone can consistently keep up with the latest and greatest.
Now, making compromises for a five-year-old browser is certainly a bit much. But if a two-year-old system can't handle some new feature properly, then THAT'S when you're getting into a problem area.
Also, the whole point of an internet community such as this one is that it can be open to as many people as possible. What's the point in that if it's closed to someone who happens to use Mac? Or is stuck running Windows 95? I know you've got to draw the line somewhere, but maybe the line's being drawn too close?
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Ah, but where you are being tired and chiched, I was raising the bar to new heights by my clever and unique use of a pound symbol in my crazy young person talk. Yes.
MM: You have a point about Mac users though, and I think Charles is trying to correct that. The fact that it didn't work properly in NS4 was known before he uploaded it, but the Mac stuff is new. Hopefully he'll fix it.
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I was overcompensating for the fact that I cannot use the pound symbol without resorting to Alt+random numbering. Which is wholly far too much effort.
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Cartman
just made by the Presbyterian Church
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quote:Hopefully he'll fix it.
No. Macs must die.
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quote:Originally posted by Colorful Cartman: No. Macs must die.
Aw, you're just jealous because OS X is cooler than Windows.
See, some people argue about Macs being a non-mainstream system. I argue about how cool Macs are. Now we're both being childish, okay?
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We appreciate your concern. It is noted and stupid.
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Omniweb doesn't use Gecko - if it did, things would render as expected.
The MacIE problem seems to be that it hates position: relative. I'll hack on things in a few days to see if I can fix that up.
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What is my university using? Well in short, I have no bloody idea. Its like some UNIX version if you login most rooms, yet in others you get Windows 95. However, all applications, data, and settings don't seem to care. On top of that someone keeps on whispering something about Solaris, which I always thought was a bad Russian movie.....that they want to remake for some odd reason come to think of it.
As for upgrading....yeah.....I don't think they do that, for a world renowned CS school, we seem to have our computers administered by Laurentian, Carleton, or Trent graduates.....
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