[thelist] Old Browsers old Software, cut bait and move on.

Martin martin at members.evolt.org
Wed Jul 11 14:10:34 CDT 2001


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Matthew Brooks wrote on 11/7/01 2:54 pm

>>Maybe you should invest the $15 it takes to get a 56K modem at least.
>
>Even with a 56K, in some countries you still have to pay by the minute for
>dialup, e.g. England and France. A browser upgrade that takes an hour to
>download, say, would cost the user several dollars. 

Multiplied by the number of times you need to keep *all* your
software updated.

>Of course this is going
>to stop some people from downloading it, when their existing browser
>displays 99% of sites just fine.

Also, we're assuming that most consumers have the knowledge of why
they might need to upgrade (ie get past "Stupid site's broken - I'm
not coming back"), plus the will and the technical ability to do so.

Don't know about you, but both my parents and parents in law are
intelligent, educated people. But I'm their tech support - they wouldn't
know why or how to upgrade their stuff, or even do simple things like
get modern virus protection (simple - buy Norton and use Eudora
rather than Outlook (cos they're not going to keep up with the security
patches)).

Cheers
Martin

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