Re: Found Asa's first comment about version numbers.

On 8/20/2011 8:44 AM, Jay Garcia wrote:
> On 20.08.2011 03:23, Ron Hunter wrote:
>
>   --- Original Message ---
>
>> On 8/19/2011 11:56 PM, Asa Dotzler wrote:
>>> Reuben Morais wrote:
>>>> On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 10:25 PM, Greywolf<[email protected]>  wrote:
>>>>> I think I may ask her try out IE9 instead.)
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Please don't. If you're going to stop using Firefox or tell people to
>>>> do that, at least tell them to use Opera or Chrome.
>>>
>>> Reuben, have you tried IE9? Is the experience really that bad for you
>>> that you would tell others to not even try it? I think it's a pretty
>>> good browser -- not nearly as good as Firefox, of course ;-) but it's
>>> certainly good enough that people can test it and see if it works for
>>> them or not. What is it about the features of IE9 that you don't like?
>>>
>>> - A
>>
>> I also find IE9 quite usable, but I don't like the minimalist UI, and,
>> theirs, unlike FF, isn't at all customizable.  I use it when I need to
>> see if a site that looks 'funny' on FF looks OK on IE.  A surprising
>> number of sites look just as 'funny' on IE9...
>>
>
> Most everbody I know of has a reason for using browser XX and not
> browser YY. Most of the reasons are because of a change in features
> and/or functionality and they don't want to rekindle the learning curve,
> some because of loyalty to one or the other. If Firefox sees a site that
> looks funny or is unreadable then, IMHO, the site isn't worth exploring
> OR using for that matter. And IF there is some merit that it's a
> must-site then I use the IE Tab Plus addon.
>
> My wife is a retired IRS Attorney and hates "change". She started with
> NS Navigator then Communicator and progressed to Seamonkey - she likes
> the all-in-one application. But don't tell her to upgrade just because
> "it's there". She has mastered her SM quite well and I surely will NOT
> stir that pot unless I'm more than an arm's length away ;-)
>
She must REALLY hate Congress because they have always made a million 
changes to the tax code each year, mostly to exempt them from some tax 
or other, it seems.
Still, I never understood the reluctance to learn something new that 
many people seem to have.  Learning has always been FUN for me.  On the 
other hand, my wife loves to shop...