[thelist] Jumping In With Both Feet
aardvark
roselli at earthlink.net
Tue Dec 11 09:23:35 CST 2001
> From: Mark Howells <mark at mountain.ch>
[...]
[snipping the parts i don't necessarily disagree with, although i
wonder why everyone forgets about handicapped users...]
>
> > Really, what *user* benefits does anything
> > introduced since then actually offer?
>
> None, if you take ease of use, download speed, interface functionality
> and data security out of the equation.
i'm assuming the original statement was about browsers (you cut
the original message sender, and i'm not about to go hunting in my
trash)...
dunno 'bout you, but those are not good argments... IOW, for me,
those are out of the equation because:
- switching to a new browser with new UI elements, shortcuts,
features, etc., is anything but an ease of use benefit (seriously,
why does hitting the ctrl-f open a search pane every fourth time in
IE?)...
- download speed is not a browser benefit, so i suspect this
something else... although downloading ever newer and fatter
browsers doesn't appeal to me...
- interface functionality hasn't improved for me in any browser in a
long time... i've got back, forward, stop, reload, view source, and
bookmark... i use some of the other stuff, but most of the new
features go unused... assuming i want to take the time to learn
them... and with IE constantly switching which menu holds which
items between versions 3 and 5, i'm sick of their UI updates...
- data security if way out... it took me how long to patch IE4 to the
gills? then i get IE5 and have to start over? then IE5.5 comes
along, and before i'm done patching that, IE6 hits the streets and
i'm back at square one...
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