They cannot be serious?
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S47 said:
Here's the analogy:-
You attempt to enter your local supermart dressed in last years Blue Jeans and a 'T' shirt - when
the store security guard tells you 'you ain't allowed in the store dressed like that'??
He tells you 'you need to be wearing 'this years colours' Jacket, shirt and tie'!!
Well faced with this what would you do?
Of course you go to the rival supermart who welcome you with open arms however you dress.
as the thread title ' they cannot be serious'.
NOBODY TELLS ME - THE CUSTOMER - HOW I SHOULD DRESS
Here's a few more sites who don't want my custom
and as THE customer - I'M ALWAYS RIGHT' - and the idiot/s who decided I wasn't welcome unless dressed to their spec -
ought to sacked IMMEDIATELY
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Last year's Blue Jeans and T shirt is probably acceptable at any modern supermarket. Turning up bYou attempt to enter your local supermart dressed in last years Blue Jeans and a 'T' shirt - when
the store security guard tells you 'you ain't allowed in the store dressed like that'??
He tells you 'you need to be wearing 'this years colours' Jacket, shirt and tie'!!
Well faced with this what would you do?
Of course you go to the rival supermart who welcome you with open arms however you dress.
as the thread title ' they cannot be serious'.
NOBODY TELLS ME - THE CUSTOMER - HOW I SHOULD DRESS
Here's a few more sites who don't want my custom
and as THE customer - I'M ALWAYS RIGHT' - and the idiot/s who decided I wasn't welcome unless dressed to their spec -
ought to sacked IMMEDIATELY
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k naked, carrying a wooden club and defecating on the floor, less so. But that would've been fine in caveman Tesco.And surely the colour of your jeans has no bearing on your ability to buy food and pay for it.
However an older browser will not support the new technologies required for the modern complex customer focussed website. Plus it will have soo many security holes in it.
Yes I know there are modern security holes too but no where near as many as an out of date version of IE.
However an older browser will not support the new technologies required for the modern complex customer focussed website. Plus it will have soo many security holes in it.
Yes I know there are modern security holes too but no where near as many as an out of date version of IE.
silentbrown said:
MitchT said:
It still seems to be able to take everything I can throw at it.
Except modern browsers and modern websites. 
silentbrown said:
MitchT said:
Wouldn't touch Windows with a barge pole.
That's your decision. I don't know what Windows versions you've had to deal with, but Windows 7 and 10 have been bombproof for me. Even 8 is OK once you get past the terrible UI. S47 said:
Here's the analogy:-
No, the analogy is you having a hissy fit when you can't pay for your Tesco shop with a cheque. The internet has moved on. What was acceptable 10 years ago most definitely isn't now - particularly in terms of security.
If my bank allowed me to access it's online banking with a seriously outdated browser I'd be switching banks.
Aside from what the websites dictate, there's also a massive security risk associated with using older browsers. As you're using that machine to earn a living, it's a big risk.
What if your machine gets infected by ransomware (Ok, I accept you're using a Mac but they're not immune) and somebody stops you accessing all your client's work?
What if your machine gets infected by ransomware (Ok, I accept you're using a Mac but they're not immune) and somebody stops you accessing all your client's work?
droopsnoot said:
It annoys me as well, and it particularly annoys me when they stick a patronising message up about joining the modern world or whatever. I don't want to have to learn a whole new menu structure and find a load more equivalents to the things I've been using for years. It wound me up no end when Gmail started moaning about the IE version I was using on XP - if the new version of Gmail doesn't support it, redirect me to the old version and I'll accept I don't have some of the new features that you've added and probably didn't know about so won't miss.
Problem is they'd still need to test the old version, host it and keep it updated (urgent security fixes, breaking changes to the underlying services etc) Much easier to ask users to upgrade.If you try to use IE 7/8/9/10 (or any older Chrome/FF etc release) for general browsing nowadays you are asking for trouble. Don't do it..
S47 said:
Here's the analogy:-
You attempt to enter your local supermart dressed in last years Blue Jeans and a 'T' shirt - when
the store security guard tells you 'you ain't allowed in the store dressed like that'??
He tells you 'you need to be wearing 'this years colours' Jacket, shirt and tie'!!
Well faced with this what would you do?
Of course you go to the rival supermart who welcome you with open arms however you dress.
as the thread title ' they cannot be serious'.
NOBODY TELLS ME - THE CUSTOMER - HOW I SHOULD DRESS
Here's a few more sites who don't want my custom
and as THE customer - I'M ALWAYS RIGHT' - and the idiot/s who decided I wasn't welcome unless dressed to their spec -
ought to sacked IMMEDIATELY
>
>
>
You're the customer who turns up wanting to pay for your goods in pre-decimal currency and takes umbrage at being invited to shop elsewhere; maybe, just maybe, you'll find an establishment somewhere willing to take your antediluvian coinage, but chances are they're also either going to have to buck up their ideas or go out of business soon anyway.You attempt to enter your local supermart dressed in last years Blue Jeans and a 'T' shirt - when
the store security guard tells you 'you ain't allowed in the store dressed like that'??
He tells you 'you need to be wearing 'this years colours' Jacket, shirt and tie'!!
Well faced with this what would you do?
Of course you go to the rival supermart who welcome you with open arms however you dress.
as the thread title ' they cannot be serious'.
NOBODY TELLS ME - THE CUSTOMER - HOW I SHOULD DRESS
Here's a few more sites who don't want my custom
and as THE customer - I'M ALWAYS RIGHT' - and the idiot/s who decided I wasn't welcome unless dressed to their spec -
ought to sacked IMMEDIATELY
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>
>
As a customer, you're more trouble than you're worth.
Well I'm with OP on this one, as I have a 2009 iMac that runs like new. As a recording studio it is far more able and powerful than I need, and it's a great graphics workstation. I won't/can't upgrade the OS as I still use Freehand instead of Illustrator but FH doesn't run on a newer OS. I use a newer Mac at work but there doesn't seem any killer element to the newer OSs that I lust after. It doesn't sound like it would be unfeasible to build a web browser that would allow older OSs to cope with today's web.
In the last few years web tech has moved on a lot. Old browsers don't support it and it's costly to run two versions of a website, which is difficult to justify when one is for a dwindling audience and is unable to offer the experience the website owner wants.
Old browsers are insecure as well. Why wouldn't you want the the software that you put passwords and banking details through to be up to date?
Old browsers are insecure as well. Why wouldn't you want the the software that you put passwords and banking details through to be up to date?
gert biggens said:
... I still use Freehand instead of Illustrator ...
Those were the days! Freehand was so much more intuitive. Adobe should have built the features from Illustrator onto it when they bought it, rather than just shelving it, and shelved Illustrator instead. I have a copy which was on my old G5 Power Mac which ran on Tiger. Wonder if it'll run on Snow leopard? 
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